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May 27, 2014, 02:40 PM
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Grand Poohbah
Community Liaison
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Member Since: Jan 2011
Location: Surrey, SE London, UK
Posts: 1,628
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   Hello and good evening to everyone. Oh dear Oh dear, what I've been reading lately is VERY worrying. However, I live in the UK, a small village in the South East. I ''was'' an alcoholic twenty or so years ago. I say was, as apparently there's no such thing as a ''was'', it seems that even if you never drink another drink again, it remains you are still alcoholic, its just that you are abstinent TODAY! Yes, I agree with that entirely as I've had a couple of falls from the waggon lately. I'm happily on the waggon again and also on a de~tox/re~hab from strong painkiller drugs, it's a good long term programme and if I wanted, they would also help me with my drink issues. I figured I can't do the drugs programme without the substute drug which they prescribe to stop withdrawl symptoms. The drink I've stopped dead, it's not dangerous as I wasn't yet on spirits and wasn't drinking stupid amounts. I've decided to start driving the car again so this has made me stop dead in my tracks, I would NEVER EVER drink and drive. I wouldn't even have half a glass of wine and drive, my body weight is low and half a glass could show. So, alcohol may be delt with but it just shows, you can NEVER rest up and think you've kicked it and you will be alcohol free for ever, you have to work at it everyday. I drink and mess with drugs when I get very depressed and I get to that stage too often, this is why I fall down from the waggon sometimes. The point I really wanted to make in the beginning of this message, is that AA meetings in the UK seem all above board. However, I'm talking of someone who attends meetings in my little village, not in big towns or even London. Maybe some of the issues (the bad ones) do occur in certain areas of the UK, but in the three local AA meetings I go to or have been to, no funny business! Sometimes I try out AA in other areas, in small towns, I haven't suspected anything. I guess where there are vulnerable folk who are down and need support, there's always gonna be the dregs of society who will prey on them, disgusting as it is. I am not religious but I just ''go with the flow'' on the praying thing!! HUGS to you all. 
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