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Subject: Re: A fun NA meeting story

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Date Posted: Mon, Feb 23 2015, 4:06:48
In reply to: PhilaSophie 's message, "A fun NA meeting story" on Fri, Feb 13 2015, 7:34:54

What???? Someone judgemental in a NA meeting??? How shocking...thought we were "all the same", never to be judged. HAHAHA. What a joke.
And I bet that asshole probably used money on his dope that could have gone to his baby's formula or scripts when they were sick. Probably stole from his own momma to buy his drugs.
Gag me. See, this is the kind of shit that gets me so fired up.
Philasophie, I'm sure my "stories" are no longer in these threads because it's been so long, but when I was forced to AA/NA and started the meetings, I made the mistake of telling my Ohio Board of Nursing psychotic caseworker (a recovering heroin addict) that I could not relate to the men that talked about molesting children, the 80 year olds that hit on me and told me how big their dicks were, or the women that talked of giving blow jobs behind Walmart for some crack, I was absolutely crucified. She told me that I would NEVER recover or get my license back as long as I had that attitude. That I HAD to accept, live with, relate to and become one with these pieces of shit. Ya know, had they said, "I did these things and I suck because of it" it would have been one thing, but my experience in the meetings was listening to this crap as if it was a conquest, something funny or to brag about. My reasons for ever using anything were VASTLY different from those I listened to week after week after week. Yet, I, as the nurse in the group, was slammed more than anyone because "I should know better." Those meetings were almost the death of me. I was suicidal 6 months in because I knew there was no way in hell I could ever become one with these people. And thank God I never did. Learned how to fake it to make it. I did try to change a few systems in forcing people to AA/NA. But, unfortunately, the cult is in and here to stay I'm afraid. All I know is when I hear it being pushed, I offer alternatives...it's all we can do.

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Re: A fun NA meeting story	PhilaSophie	Sun, Mar 01 2015, 17:17:20