Yes to this. Best is several of the above. I started in AA. I have stayed in AA for many years. Once you clear up it is quite easy to point out quite a few issues with AA, many people quit going because of them. I feel it is my responsibility to be there for new people to let them know that as long as they do not drink, they do not have to get all hung up on the dogma of the program. There are a whole lot of things working together in AA that help folks stay stopped. For a fun outsider look see what Charlie Munger has to say about why AA works.
I certainly agree. AA makes sense and there is a ton of wisdom in the BB. I will still lurk a zoom meeting from time to time. The biggest negate for me was that my local meeting that I liked was at the same time as jiu-jitsu - which as the poster above you mentions, I felt would do me more harm than good. If it were more of my demographic I'd probably find time to attend more tbh. I know that all sounds pretty selfish.
Hi Scrap, I moved to Florida after my first year of sobriety. There was a fantastic meeting on Friday nights with lots of "young" people. After a year or so a bunch of "thumpers" and other folks who loved to hear themselves talk started coming and totally changed the vibe. It motivated me to start a beach meeting. Well we just celebrated 30 years of our meeting. If you ever get to the treasure coast look us up. life's a beach - 8:45 am on Sunday.
I certainly will - thank you! This meeting was pretty relaxed and certainly not of the "thumper" category, but it just... hard to explain, but, wasn't for me. I may expand my horizons and try a couple of different places out but almost every meeting I've attended I got the vibe that 90% of them were there just to "hear themselves talk" or collect another few witty quotes to add to their repertoire. Not that there is anything wrong with that, just gets old and didn't feel beneficial to me over spending that time doing an intensely physical and mentally stimulating activity like BJJ.
