# Ongoing 'meeting' thread?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 20, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421 "2017-06-20T04:46:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421/1 "2017-06-20T04:46:52Z")

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Hi, I’m dropzone and I am an alcoholic. Fell on my way to my wife’s funeral and got covered w/mud. I was fairly sober, but this has to end. Anybody want to talk? Got issues of your own?

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421/2 "2017-06-20T05:11:37Z")

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Hi, I’m an alcoholic as well, but I’ve been in AA for a while. I hate the god thing and the rigidity of too many of the members. However, I couldn’t keep drinking because it was killing me.

So, I swallowed my pride, found someone who is also an atheist to be my mentor and somehow keep sober. It sucks, but drinking was worse.

I hope you can find a way as well.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421/3 "2017-06-20T13:40:02Z")

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Not an alcoholic, but I used to write for a series of rehab clinics. One of the articles I wrote covered the [Reddit “stop drinking”](https://www.reddit.com/r/stopdrinking/) sub. The ones who swear by it really love it and I think you may get more traction there than you might find here when it comes to discussion and having someone be there for you

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-meeting-thread/789421/4 "2017-06-20T18:54:02Z")

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Thanks, Sir.

Mods, you may close this tread.