1st NA Meeting
Tonight I went to my first NA meeting. It was pretty much the same thing as the AA meetings I have known, except people are a little more open. I went with an old friend I hadn’t seen in years. I think I’ll go to a couple AA meetings with him this weekend. I didn’t introduce myself as a newcomer or get a keychain, because I was stuck in my head and didn’t feel like it.
My head just wasn’t screwed on right today. Lots of work-related shit. I couldn’t wait for the day to be over. Around noon, I get a text message from the woman at the AA meeting that I swapped phone numbers with a couple of weeks ago. It said something like “How are you? WHere have you been?” I told her I was ok, just trying to figure some stuff out. And that I will try to make a meeting this week. It was nice that someone asked how I was. That hasn’t happened in awhile.
So I think I’ll start going to meetings regularly. At the very least, I might make some friends.
Hey, addiction is a daily struggle for a lot of people. I want to relay a story to you shared to me by a close friend of mine. When he first started going to AA meetings, he was sitting in on a meeting, and they were doing the usual. There was a 19 year old Native-American man there, and when it came his turn to speak, he asked “How do you guys actually stay sober?” and the woman who was the Secretary that night said “I have been sober for 19 years, and I have hated everyday of it.” and it does not sound like you have much joy in your life either. I used to struggle with a heroin addiction, and so, I know what it is like to struggle daily with sobriety, and that often times life is difficult. But let me tell you there is a better way, and I would love to guide you through it. If you want some more information, email me, and I’ll do whatever I can to help.
God bless,
Michie D.
Michie DeBerry
April 2, 2009 at 1:20 pm
When I first started recovery I thought it was the end of my social life. In fact it has been the start of a much better social life – much more healthy.
recoveryboy
August 9, 2009 at 5:05 am
Hi recoveryboy… I still haven’t made any real friends in recovery, but everything just takes time. I definitely see the difference in how I relate to acquaintances, and how I would approach friendships differently now that I’m sober.
Everything comes in its own time, when I am ready for it. Patience is something I’m working on now.
blu3nude
August 9, 2009 at 4:12 pm