The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
My wife invited me to attend an AA meeting while we were up with her family for the holiday. It was an amazing experience and if you have the opportunity, I highly recommend it. I don't know exactly why, but for some reason, attending this meeting really helped bring a lot into focus for me.
We had a very nice holiday and hope you all did too!
I love the Open AA meetings it really does open a whole other side to what this disease is about and how the addict feels in the throws of their own stuff. Hugs P :)
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.- Maya Angelo
I am so gald you went to a meeting while you were out of town. I love to visit other groups when I am traveling. In October I had the privilege to go to an AA meeting on the beach at sunrise. I introduced myself as a member of alanon and they welcomed me like I was part of the family. That probably was one of the best meetings I have been to watching the sun come up, hearing the ocean waves, and having a meeting on gratitude.
I go to open AA meetings with my husband as part of "date night" sometimes. Haha - dinner, an open AA meeting, barnes & noble, and we're home by 9:30. We're so tame these days - and I LOVE it! The open AA meetings are my favorites. It helps remind me that alcoholics are just human beings with problems, just like me. They aren't these all-powerful people that have the ability to change my life for the worse, the way I sometimes credit them.
I have occassinally nipped over to the AA board on here to read a bit.. should do it more often maybe... it helps me to get past some of the resentment I think
