Giggle!!!!

One of my best friends is a family physician. She does not know a lot about AA except that she suggests it to her patients whenever they come to her for their drinking problems.

Today she sent me a text asking me if I knew of any "upscale" AA meetings in town. Seems someone in the upper crust in our town would like to get sober.

I have been chuckling about this all day!

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Comment by Kristi p on March 14, 2011 at 10:08am: I can understand wanting a group you feel safe & secure with. Im in a small town & meetings are more limited than where I began my sobriety. They tend to be more cliquish & hypocrytical. I have been shunned by some for not attending meeting as often as they feel I should. Also have felt unable to open up due to lack of annonymity. I have never felt this before in the rooms. I am currently having to rely on these online meetings for advice & support. I even attempted the Womans meeting hoping for a sponsor in my town. However almost walked out when the topic was politics, sexual pref & Facebook. I am not letting this shade my AA faith. I learned from my 1st sponsor that in order for this to work we must take what we need & leave the rest. I still attend meetings but choose to share in more private rooms.

Comment by kismet on March 11, 2011 at 5:57am: It sounds silly--"upscale meetings". But is it, really? If some old guy (or gal) needs an AA meeting with other doctors to get sober--so be it. Remember we all come in as sick people. I used to be opposed to all "special" meetings--womens, gay etc. I have changed my mind now--it's just not something I choose to worry about. I bet that some of these folks will be less protective of their anonymity when they get a little time. Maybe not. It's all good.

Comment by Sara VP on March 10, 2011 at 5:22am: We've had a couple issues with medical professionals in our town because it is so small. One doctor wanted to go to ultra-Anonymity-stressed meetings, and since there were none of those around (how can you guarantee that?), he ended up hanging with a choice few and having private meetings in those people's homes. A dentist has joined in with the recovery community and although he goes to NA, he seems happy with not being ultra-anonymous. I can't say, but I do know there's all kinds of meetings for all kinds of folks. (We also have an undercover-AA meeting for the people who want it "by the book"...even I don't know where that one is).

Comment by Robert H on March 9, 2011 at 11:56am: Sounds like your District/Area's CPC comittee has some work to do....Can you tell I am a service Junkie