In starting AA I have gone to all new meetings.?
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When I first started going to meetings, I was really quiet and just listened a lot. I think that's okay. But make sure you keep going. I think it gets easier.
you don't have to get really involved with AA to reap benefits from it. don't feel pressured to find a sponsor and when it comes to a higher power, sometimes it can be as simple as believing that your own spirit is stronger then your body and mind.
I went with my dad originally. We both stopped drinking the same day. We would sit together and listen to stories. I created a fellowship with him and we would talk about the stories we heard and what we thought of them and how they related to us. Sometimes we would laugh and joke about some stories that were ridiculous or just funny. We would tell each other more and more about what happened to us that made us fall into this pattern.
I never got a sponsor and neither did he. We are both still dealing with our drinking issues, but because we went to AA, we saw the worst spirals and related it to the path we took that caused us to fall into alcoholism and how it affected our family. It has kept us strong and determined to control our drinking and not let it control our lives.
try bringing a friend who has seen what happened to you that caused you to need help to fight your alcoholism and who cares about your well-being. Even if this friend isn't an alcoholic, they may be able to relate and give you a different view point on what happened to you and how it affected them.
First of all you can go to meetings in neighboring communities. A lot of people do that. One of the unfortunate downsides to AA meetings is that a lot of people go to them to meet someone of the opposite sex. That isn't very therapeutic and tends to put two co-dependent people in a potentially destructive relationship.
That sounds pretty normal. Anything that gets you to a meeting in the beginning is a good idea even if it means always finding a new one to avoid familiar strangers.
http://www.whatwinnersdo.com is my addiction recovery website where I basically just talk about my recovery. I started blogging pretty early in my recovery so I'm sure there are a lot of things that you would identify with if you want to check it out.
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