Hi, I’m Stacy and I’m an…
so this weeks assignment for class was to attend an AA meeting and write about it. So I’m gonna share my experience.
I was online looking for AA meetings in my area and I found a hotline number. I got the answering machine and even with that, the message left me speechless. The message started out nice saying to leave a message and then at the end the girl started saying things like “If no one has told you they love you today, I love you.” I don’t even remember what else the message said but I remember thinking this is too much happiness. Almost sounded like a robot that was programmed to be happy. The actual girl ended up calling me 10 minutes later to give me information. She started giving me directions and none of it made sense. She told me to head east and get in my left lane to make a right. When I asked her to repeat it, she starts saying to head west. In my head I was thinking this girl has to be on something right now. Then she starts talking about her sobriety and that it’s been 2 years, I was on the phone with her for about an hour. I didn’t know how to tell her all I wanted was a location and time.
So I tried looking for this church on Tuesday but the directions she gave me had me lost that I didn’t make it. I went back home and researched and found another meeting for Wednesday night. When I got there it was pretty packed. I noticed it had a range a people: men, women, white, black, young, and old. The majority of them were white males around 25 years old. At the beginning and end of the meeting, different people read certain literatures, which to me reminded me of being in church. That’s another thing, everyone was thanking God and talking about Him, and I was thinking, what if some people don’t believe in that. Would it offend them?
This certain meeting had a speaker. His story was very interesting and he kept saying how the AA group really got him to where he is today. Something I found funny was that when someone spoke actually said “I’m John, and I’m an addict.” Everyone responds “Hi John.” I just found it fascinating to actually see and hear it in person.
I was so happy to get outta there!! The whole experience was just freaking me out.




Linda 6:32 pm on July 23, 2010 Permalink |
Oh my goodness! This is so sad! Notice how all the other dolphin were concerned and watching at the glass?