Thank you Bizi

I have been to AA meetings before. I went to 2 a day once they let me out of isolation the last time I was in the hospital, and I went to a couple in the past. I've had a pretty good experience on the whole, but I've been to two really bad meetings. I don't have a problem with AA, but I have a problem with the people who really live and breathe it, and shove it down everyone else's throat.

My counselor said I didn't have to rush to show her proof I attended an AA meeting- I could bring the note to our final appointment next Thursday. But the cab came quickly, we got an early start, and finished up in time for me to go directly a noon AA meeting at a nearby church.
There were about 20 people there and they were very nice. They were mostly elderly people, mostly men, but some women too. There were two obvious holy-rollers in the group, and one sat right next to me. He told me I wasn't seven months sober, I was "only sober today," and spewed a bunch of twisted AA and religious BS at me. I could have smacked him.

I wasn't given a form to have the leader of the meeting sign. I took a slip of paper and wrote that I attended the name of the aa meeting at "X church in X city" on march 10th from 12-1pm and the guy signed his name below. It was illegible, so I asked his wife to print it below the signature for me. I'm going to call and ask my counselor if that's enough. I don't want to find out that it's not acceptable at the last appointment.

Compared to my stories and those of the people in the psych ward, the stories I heard yesterday were very vanilla. I'd love to have coffee with those nice people again, but I could never speak there. My cab driver (who"s been driving me around for a year now) was happy I chose not to go to the AA meeting at the shelter because he was concerned for my safety, but I honestly think that I would feel much more comfortable discussing my alcoholism there. My counselor suggested I find a dual-diagnosis group. I have the meeting list for my area. I haven't gone through the whole book, but I haven't found one that's obvious.

I'm very isolated. It would be nice to meet new people, especially sober people. So, I can see myself going to more AA meetings once I get my license back, but it's important to find a meeting that's the right fit. Fortunately there are quite a few meetings in my area to choose from. I'm not looking to get heavily involved in AA though. That's just not for me.