My 1st AA Meeting

Well, as you know I love adventures. So why not add attending an AA meeting to that mix.  Yes, there is a great story to this as there is with all of my adventures.  If you recall back in Oct I posted a blog about my ex. How his new girlfriend was going to leave him if he didn’t cut back on his drinking. Well, as expected he went too far this past weekend, did some things that were inappropriate and drunk texted her.  And as expected she dumped him.

Sunday night he came to me and I told him straight out that if he wants her back and wants to live he needs to admit he’s an alcoholic, give up drinking and got to AA.

I spent a good part of Monday and Tuesday chatting with him at work telling him the same thing a million different ways.  I used every analogy I could think of so he’d get it into his head.  He was already to send her an e-mail apologizing to her on Tuesday, but I told him to sleep on it as he had one chance.  As I continually pounded into his head that she wasn’t going to take him back unless he had a game plan, which included giving up drinking and attending AA.

Well, he sent the e-mail this morning and said he’s going to give up drinking, but if he can’t he’ll go to AA. Well, that wasn’t good enough for me. I know enough about addictions, that you not only need to give it up, but you also need to replace it with something better and you also need to have constant support.  So, even though I said I wouldn’t say anything more about him being an alcoholic and going to AA. I gave it one more shot.  I found an article on High Functioning Alcoholic and shared it with him so he can hear it from someone else.  Then I found him an AA group that he could attend at lunchtime and that is how I ended up at my 1^st AA meeting.  I also told him that there are many different AA meetings around. They all follow the same principles, but create a different environment and he needs to keep going to them till he finds one that best suits his needs. I challenged him to go to a different one each week till he finds one that fits his needs. Please add him to your prayers.

Click here to read an article on the:  Characteristics of High-Functioning Alcoholics