Missing my AA meetings after having a baby

Heaja13 · Newbie

Missing my AA meetings after having a baby

LinBaba · MIP Old Timer

I've used:

Message boards (such as this one) and others

Phone, phone, and more phone (I still do this to this day, it's rare I don't speak to at least one sober alcoholic every day)

Start a meeting at your house, 2 more alcoholics and you're golden, you needn't list it in the schedule, plenty of alcoholics would be happy to bring a meeting a mother with a newborn, make it a women's meeting if you like, hell, make it a pot luck meeting if you want, give yourself a break from cooking dinner once a week (the meeting I started was a sunset bonfire meeting on a beach, lasted 3 summers until I moved)

-- Edited by LinBaba on Tuesday 28th of September 2010 09:09:45 PM

angelov8 · MIP Old Timer

Yes, put it out there if it would be helpful for meetings to come to you. I've seen that happen for many people who were temporarily home bound. You might start by talking to your sponsor, perhaps she can help gather a few folks once or twice a week.

susanbiel · Veteran Member

First of all congrats on your sobriety and you new baby.

I find that messages boards do help when we can't make meetings. You have a very good reason for not getting to meetings. Do you have a sponsor? or friends from your home group you can call and talk to? I have suffered from PTSD, major depression and panic attacks and I used message boards instead of F2F for awhile. Now that the panic attacks are under control I get to meetings when I can. I have been a taxi from my son during golf season but that is ending and I am really looking forward to getting to more meetings.

Anyway take care of yourself and your new baby. They grow up so fast.
(((((Hugs)))))

Heaja13 · Newbie

Thanks for all the comments! I appreciate all the advice. Yes I have a sponsor and other AA friends. I talk to them when i can also. Today I actually made it to a meeting. My son had a doctor's appt and my sister in law drove me to the appt. When it was over, I asked if she'd mind watching Jordan for me for an hour since my regular meeting time was coming up and we were close by. It felt good to see everyone and attend a meeting.

It's also been helpful being on these message boards. I've found a few options for me for now and I like the idea of a meeting coming to me. I may just try that.

zzworldontheweb · Senior Member

This may be a little off the topic, but I just wanted to say how inspiring it is that you've quit drinking and are being rewarded by having a baby! I can just imagine how difficult / impossible that would have been if you were still active in your disease. It's almost so joyful that it hurts, in a way.

Congratulations on taking such good care of yourself and of your little one

Anne Troy · Member

Please come to our speaker meetings here online every night at 10:00 PM EST
http://www.12stepme.org/chat.htm

-- Edited by Anne Troy on Thursday 30th of September 2010 08:03:50 AM