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blondiebear · 06-07-2008, 11:57 PM

If you trust this buddy, do go with him. That time was just one guy. If it is an open meeting, would your bf go with you?

I go to four AA meetings a week. I see my sponsor at three of them. One of the meetings is in the evening, mixed, and about 75% men. So I treat the ones a generation older than me like uncles. And the one my age like nice aquaintences. I know I can hide behind an uncle too if I need to, if that makes sense.

Like that meeting is at a teacher's lounge at a church school. At the table next to my preferred table, there were a bunch of guys, kinda rowdy. One of my honorary uncles sat between me and them. He just said that was an empty seat but I still appreciated it.

So, to make a long story even longer, go to the meeting with your buddy. Talk to people to find good meetings with people with lots of time clean. Meetings with lots of women there too.

I've been sober for a while. The poisons that you and I used are different, the underlying dis-ease is the same. PM me any time!

06-07-2008, 11:57 PM	#2
blondiebear Bringing back the lost art of Sewing Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California Confusion I am currently:	If you trust this buddy, do go with him. That time was just one guy. If it is an open meeting, would your bf go with you? I go to four AA meetings a week. I see my sponsor at three of them. One of the meetings is in the evening, mixed, and about 75% men. So I treat the ones a generation older than me like uncles. And the one my age like nice aquaintences. I know I can hide behind an uncle too if I need to, if that makes sense. Like that meeting is at a teacher's lounge at a church school. At the table next to my preferred table, there were a bunch of guys, kinda rowdy. One of my honorary uncles sat between me and them. He just said that was an empty seat but I still appreciated it. So, to make a long story even longer, go to the meeting with your buddy. Talk to people to find good meetings with people with lots of time clean. Meetings with lots of women there too. I've been sober for a while. The poisons that you and I used are different, the underlying dis-ease is the same. PM me any time!
	My husband is my best friend. In forgiving others, we are not exonerating them. They may not deserve exoneration. Rather, in forgiving others we are giving up our anger over the fact that what happened is not what "should" have happened or that our life is not the way it "should" have been.