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bluidkiti:
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Back in November 1997 - November 26, 1997 to be exact. I had made a mess of my life by drinking and was carrying a very heavy burden. I came online and somehow wound up in an AA chatroom. I have always believed God led me there because I had searched for help online many times before and could never find it. Anywhos that was my first encounter with AA. Those folks in that chatroom that morning listened as I unloaded my burden and they were very loving, supportive, encouraging and understanding. They also rode my butt until I went ot an AA meeting which I did within a week after going there. Smile
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Janbear:
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 5527
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:39 am
My very first meeting was October 31st, 1987. It was a disaster Shocked My hubby took me and when we left, i told him if that was AA i didnt want anything to do with it. He said "He was going to take me to a real meeting" and we went to another town. I was not welcomed at my first meeting at all. I was ignored. My second meeting in another town was the extreme opposite. Shocked I was so welcomed i didnt know how to take it. I could relate to these people's stories and i saw hope. I wish i could say that i never picked up another drink or drug but i did. It took what it took for me. I am just grateful to be clean and sober today.
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prescott:
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Posts: 1141
Location: Prescott AZ
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:49 am
grin My first meeting was in jail and I didn't have any problems Laughing
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troutfly1972:
Joined: 20 Apr 2005
Posts: 178
Location: NE Kansas
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:55 am
The rooms of cyberrecovery opened its doors to me after a serious search that was rather easy to find. The very first AA meeting I went to was court ordered and I couldn't get out of there fast enough. They were a bible beatin, God worshipin cult that was trying to brainwash me into thinking I had a drinking problem. How little I actually did know. I am very thankful to have found Cyberrecovery and AA. Both, when handled right, can help keep me sober with the tools they provide! Razz
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cassie:
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Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Posts: 1029
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 09:23 am
In May of 1999, I spent a week in treatment in a hospital - AA was part of my treatment plan upon release. There were lots of meetings all over town. But it was not until September 2000 that I had my last drink.
My HP led me here and the commitment and love I feel for this fellowship grows every day. Each of you who share your experience, strength and hope here have given me resolve and courage I did not know I had. Thank you so very much. I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. angel
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soberaddy:
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 405
Location: Canada
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 10:50 am
My ex-hubby litterarly kicked my butt to AA in 1997. Of course this was not for me right....What was he thinking, he was the one with the problems, not me. Ya right! Now that I looked back, it was the best thing he could have done for me, eventough I did not really sober up till 2003.
Thanks for this post!
Love
Anne grin hug smokin
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Baritone:
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 365
Location: NC
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 05:15 pm
Living with my (second) active-alcoholic wife was unbearable, and i would have loved to start going to Al-Anon for support. But i told myself i'd better not do that because i didn't want to do anything that might set her off (by implying that her drinking might be a problem) Mad . So in January of 2001 when she finally admitted she had a problem and checked in to treatment, i found the nearest Al-Anon meeting and took to it like a dying man in the desert to water. And hanging out with folks in Al-Anon after the meetings i saw people having fun sober ... which i realized was something new for me too! Confused So a few weeks later i took myself into the room on the other side of the hall Surprised from my Tuesday night Al-Anon meeting (those AA's always seemed to be having a lot more fun! Laughing) and picked up a white chip.
- Jim DOS 26-Feb-2001
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scots bill:
Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 399
Location: cleveland,england
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 05:45 pm
hi bluidkit
i found the rooms of recovery fifty feet from my bed and was'nt
looking for it. like john my first meeting was in prison, that was
nov.27. 1986. before prison i thought i had a bit of a drink problem
but alcoholic no, i thought all i needed was a decent length of time away
from it and i would be able to drink( normaly) again. while in prison i was taken to my emotional rock bottom,that is when i started to
link all my broblems to alcohol.so i went to my first aa meeting,
which i now know was the start of my recovery. i've never needed
to go back out there, i found people like myself i was'nt going crazy
as i thought, i was just an alcoholic and i was told by the people who came to see me there was an answer to my problem,and i grabed it with both hands,i've been applying that answer to my life ever since.
love in recovery ok grin coffee hug hug angel see yeah BILL
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Misselle:
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 316
Location: Texas
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:43 pm
My first AA meeting was May of last year - I woke up one morning after drinking just wanting to die. I had been thinking about AA for a while, and so I decided to finally try it.
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fibiray:
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Posts: 515
Location: Australia Central Coast NSW
PostPosted: 06 May 2005 03:44 am
I was first introduced to AA through a doctor who treated alcoholics. He was treating me for alcoholism after hitting a very severe rock bottom. I can remember this guy telling me that i was an alcohlic, that was one thing but I was completely offended when he told me that I was insane (he he). In hindsight my attitudes and behaviour had been nothing but. I went to my first AA meeting in the year of 1987 and was greeted at the door by a woman who had just stepped off the catwalk in paris. Here was this stunning woman dripping in diamonds and a fur coat saying that she was an alcoholic. This shattered any perceptions I may have had about what I thought an alcoholic was. While I sayed dry for 6 months, i would not say that it was any sort of recovery. I could not understand the concept of having to go to meetings regularly and i was only going once a week then once a fortnite then one a month, before not going at all. I also did not understand how damaging resentments can be to the alcoholic and hung on to many old grudges. We had then moved to the Cetnral Coast and as the new year hit i was ready to return. Even though i had not hit a rock bottom like I had before, I was so frightened of living and yet so frightened of dying and I knew this was going to be what would happen if I didn't leave the alcohol alone. My return was in 1989 and from that day to this I have remained sober and have enjoyed the journey so far.
chow chow
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 10500
Back in November 1997 - November 26, 1997 to be exact. I had made a mess of my life by drinking and was carrying a very heavy burden. I came online and somehow wound up in an AA chatroom. I have always believed God led me there because I had searched for help online many times before and could never find it. Anywhos that was my first encounter with AA. Those folks in that chatroom that morning listened as I unloaded my burden and they were very loving, supportive, encouraging and understanding. They also rode my butt until I went ot an AA meeting which I did within a week after going there. Smile
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Janbear:
Site Admin
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 5527
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:39 am
My very first meeting was October 31st, 1987. It was a disaster Shocked My hubby took me and when we left, i told him if that was AA i didnt want anything to do with it. He said "He was going to take me to a real meeting" and we went to another town. I was not welcomed at my first meeting at all. I was ignored. My second meeting in another town was the extreme opposite. Shocked I was so welcomed i didnt know how to take it. I could relate to these people's stories and i saw hope. I wish i could say that i never picked up another drink or drug but i did. It took what it took for me. I am just grateful to be clean and sober today.
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prescott:
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 1141
Location: Prescott AZ
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:49 am
grin My first meeting was in jail and I didn't have any problems Laughing
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troutfly1972:
Joined: 20 Apr 2005
Posts: 178
Location: NE Kansas
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:55 am
The rooms of cyberrecovery opened its doors to me after a serious search that was rather easy to find. The very first AA meeting I went to was court ordered and I couldn't get out of there fast enough. They were a bible beatin, God worshipin cult that was trying to brainwash me into thinking I had a drinking problem. How little I actually did know. I am very thankful to have found Cyberrecovery and AA. Both, when handled right, can help keep me sober with the tools they provide! Razz
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cassie:
Moderator
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Posts: 1029
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 09:23 am
In May of 1999, I spent a week in treatment in a hospital - AA was part of my treatment plan upon release. There were lots of meetings all over town. But it was not until September 2000 that I had my last drink.
My HP led me here and the commitment and love I feel for this fellowship grows every day. Each of you who share your experience, strength and hope here have given me resolve and courage I did not know I had. Thank you so very much. I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. angel
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soberaddy:
Moderator
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 405
Location: Canada
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 10:50 am
My ex-hubby litterarly kicked my butt to AA in 1997. Of course this was not for me right....What was he thinking, he was the one with the problems, not me. Ya right! Now that I looked back, it was the best thing he could have done for me, eventough I did not really sober up till 2003.
Thanks for this post!
Love
Anne grin hug smokin
_________________
Baritone:
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 365
Location: NC
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 05:15 pm
Living with my (second) active-alcoholic wife was unbearable, and i would have loved to start going to Al-Anon for support. But i told myself i'd better not do that because i didn't want to do anything that might set her off (by implying that her drinking might be a problem) Mad . So in January of 2001 when she finally admitted she had a problem and checked in to treatment, i found the nearest Al-Anon meeting and took to it like a dying man in the desert to water. And hanging out with folks in Al-Anon after the meetings i saw people having fun sober ... which i realized was something new for me too! Confused So a few weeks later i took myself into the room on the other side of the hall Surprised from my Tuesday night Al-Anon meeting (those AA's always seemed to be having a lot more fun! Laughing) and picked up a white chip.
- Jim DOS 26-Feb-2001
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scots bill:
Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 399
Location: cleveland,england
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 05:45 pm
hi bluidkit
i found the rooms of recovery fifty feet from my bed and was'nt
looking for it. like john my first meeting was in prison, that was
nov.27. 1986. before prison i thought i had a bit of a drink problem
but alcoholic no, i thought all i needed was a decent length of time away
from it and i would be able to drink( normaly) again. while in prison i was taken to my emotional rock bottom,that is when i started to
link all my broblems to alcohol.so i went to my first aa meeting,
which i now know was the start of my recovery. i've never needed
to go back out there, i found people like myself i was'nt going crazy
as i thought, i was just an alcoholic and i was told by the people who came to see me there was an answer to my problem,and i grabed it with both hands,i've been applying that answer to my life ever since.
love in recovery ok grin coffee hug hug angel see yeah BILL
_________________
Misselle:
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 316
Location: Texas
PostPosted: 01 May 2005 07:43 pm
My first AA meeting was May of last year - I woke up one morning after drinking just wanting to die. I had been thinking about AA for a while, and so I decided to finally try it.
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fibiray:
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Posts: 515
Location: Australia Central Coast NSW
PostPosted: 06 May 2005 03:44 am
I was first introduced to AA through a doctor who treated alcoholics. He was treating me for alcoholism after hitting a very severe rock bottom. I can remember this guy telling me that i was an alcohlic, that was one thing but I was completely offended when he told me that I was insane (he he). In hindsight my attitudes and behaviour had been nothing but. I went to my first AA meeting in the year of 1987 and was greeted at the door by a woman who had just stepped off the catwalk in paris. Here was this stunning woman dripping in diamonds and a fur coat saying that she was an alcoholic. This shattered any perceptions I may have had about what I thought an alcoholic was. While I sayed dry for 6 months, i would not say that it was any sort of recovery. I could not understand the concept of having to go to meetings regularly and i was only going once a week then once a fortnite then one a month, before not going at all. I also did not understand how damaging resentments can be to the alcoholic and hung on to many old grudges. We had then moved to the Cetnral Coast and as the new year hit i was ready to return. Even though i had not hit a rock bottom like I had before, I was so frightened of living and yet so frightened of dying and I knew this was going to be what would happen if I didn't leave the alcohol alone. My return was in 1989 and from that day to this I have remained sober and have enjoyed the journey so far.
chow chow