AA

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The meeting I attended was in Seattle it was an AA, open meeting, non-smoking and they labeled it as a discussion meeting. It took me a while to find a meeting that was non-smoking; can’t stand the smell of smoke. I didn’t know what to expect from the meeting. I remember going with my mom when I was younger but I don’t remember too much about the actual meeting. This meeting however was sort of a wake up call so to speak. I don’t do any drugs nor do I drink but I was still nervous going into the meeting.
When I walked into the meeting room, the room was full of chairs and refreshments such as juice and coffee; they even had some crackers and cookies for the participants. There were a lot of people that just seemed like they were out of it. It actually looked like1/2 of the people needed a drink. I got the impression that some of them seemed to not want to be there. When they started going around the room and introducing themselves and telling complete strangers their problems it really hit me. I just told myself that I am lucky to be in the position I am in. I feel so grateful to have my life going in a direction that I want it to. I felt really bad for some of the people, here they are drinking themselves to death and nothing seems to faze them. This one guy stood up and said that even though he is on probation he still can’t stop “boozeing it up.” I have a good heart but when that guy said that he was disregarding his probation I couldn’t help but to have some disrespect for him. I don’t care what people say if you are disciplined enough you can quit anything. My dad smoked for over 20 years and one day he just quit. He hasn’t smoked for over 20 years. This guy had no discipline, he was a walking wreak. When he was talking, he was looking towards the ground the whole time; you could tell that he was disappointed in himself.


Attending this meeting was one of the hardest things I have ...