recovering alcoholics in Red Areas...who attend AA

[w8liftinglady]

does it work for you there?Are they accepting of liberals,democrats,anyone who falls out of the mainstream?I know I need to go.I am afraid to.Is that unusual?What has your experience been?

[elleng]

1. Check here?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=336

[HopeHoops]

2. There are recovering alcoholics in red areas?

:shrug:

[old mark]

3. Yeah - all Democrats...sober up and run like hell for the border.

Lifting lady-there is usually an AA listing in the local phone book. Call them and gettheir address, pick up a few meeting schedules and look around for some - even one- that fits you.
I used to get a stack of schedules and give them out to people I met at these meetings who looked more dazed than I felt...
There is a lot of BS in AA meetings these days, but there are still some very good ones around, and you can't know which is best for you till you try them...I found some of the best help in the worst meetings...it gave me a good example of bad behavior if nothing else, and I also found I never knew what I needed to hear till I heard it and it registered...

The old timers used to tell me, "Don't drink, don't think, and go to meetings."
I used to think they were all full of shit, but it has been working for over 22 years now...

Alll the best.

mark

[A-Schwarzenegger]

4. I couldnt tell you the politics of 95% of the people I know in AA.

I do live in a blue state & town, but politics is
just not something I get into in AA or with people in
AA. Certainly not in meetings. And there have been
numerous good friends through the years who I did
know were conservative, but we just never discussed
it. It's kind of been like not caring about the politics
of somebody who just threw me a life preserver. Whatever
you do, and I earnestly hope you get help if you need
it, please don't let politics deter you one way
or the other.

[seabeyond]

5. w8

i live in red. they accept all. and a lot, if not most are not politically inclined. it is a welcoming environment. it is a good place to be, if you are ready. do it.....

if you think you need.

i have never been a boozer because i have a line in my family that are the hard core alcoholics that die from the stuff. it has made me stay clear. and whenever i drink, i ALWAYS get too tipsy. but, at a time in my life, i was around a group of people that used AA and i was impressed with what they did, what i saw, the support, the bonding.

they know.... afraid. they are good with.... afraid.

[Bucky]

6. If you're that worried about what other people think of your politics, you should be in Alanon, too