Walking into your first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting will be one of the most difficult things you will do on your road to recovery and there is no way you can be prepared for your first experience as everyones feelings are different.
An alcoholic tends to feel above the rest of us and then even applies when they walk into an AA meeting, but that view will soon change as the whole essence of the meeting is extremely humbling, and a feeling of union soon takes over an alcoholics mind as the listen to the brave souls in the room. The rooms are full of the nicest, most thoughtful people you'll ever meet who are trying or have already succeeded in bettering their lives to a point where they are satisfied and happy.
Understandably you might feel apprehensive at first but after a few meetings you will hopefully feel that you are a part of the group and accepted by all the members; once this happens you should recognize that you are spending your time with people who would listen to you all day and be there for you 24 hours a day.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide organization dealing with every race and creed, but every alcoholic regardless suffers in the same way, and AA knows how to deal with alcoholism at ground level due to it's long history in dealing with the treatment of alcoholism.
Doctors may recommend more exercise or even a pharmaceutical product to help you deal with alcoholism on your own, but that is just so difficult and my suggestion is that if an alcoholic has actually made a decision to stop, then don't mess up first time round as it would be even more complicated if attempted again at a later date.
Millions of people die each year due to alcohol related diseases. Even knowing these statistics people continue to drink and put their life at risk. If you want to quit there is help is available and going to an AA meeting is as good as it gets. The feeling of oneness between alcoholics is remarkable and actually transforms an alcoholics personality to such a degree that people often don't recognize them as being the same person.
If you know somebody that needs help, please make sure they do get the support and help they need to successfully stop drinking alcohol and prevent them from just becoming another dreadful alcohol related statistic.
An alcoholic tends to feel above the rest of us and then even applies when they walk into an AA meeting, but that view will soon change as the whole essence of the meeting is extremely humbling, and a feeling of union soon takes over an alcoholics mind as the listen to the brave souls in the room. The rooms are full of the nicest, most thoughtful people you'll ever meet who are trying or have already succeeded in bettering their lives to a point where they are satisfied and happy.
Understandably you might feel apprehensive at first but after a few meetings you will hopefully feel that you are a part of the group and accepted by all the members; once this happens you should recognize that you are spending your time with people who would listen to you all day and be there for you 24 hours a day.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide organization dealing with every race and creed, but every alcoholic regardless suffers in the same way, and AA knows how to deal with alcoholism at ground level due to it's long history in dealing with the treatment of alcoholism.
Doctors may recommend more exercise or even a pharmaceutical product to help you deal with alcoholism on your own, but that is just so difficult and my suggestion is that if an alcoholic has actually made a decision to stop, then don't mess up first time round as it would be even more complicated if attempted again at a later date.
Millions of people die each year due to alcohol related diseases. Even knowing these statistics people continue to drink and put their life at risk. If you want to quit there is help is available and going to an AA meeting is as good as it gets. The feeling of oneness between alcoholics is remarkable and actually transforms an alcoholics personality to such a degree that people often don't recognize them as being the same person.
If you know somebody that needs help, please make sure they do get the support and help they need to successfully stop drinking alcohol and prevent them from just becoming another dreadful alcohol related statistic.
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