I was terrified my first meeting but I did what was suggested when I called the AA hotline. When I got there, I asked to talk to the group secretary. She was really nice and gave me all kinds of pamphlets to look at and take home. I also got my copy of the big book at that meeting.

My second meeting was also scary - but I did get the nerve to introduce myself and say I was new and after the meeting tons of people came up to say hi and offer me their phone numbers. To be honest I thought it was kind of weird at first - all those people being freindly but then I learned that that's just how AA works.

I'd encourage you to try lots of different meetings since each meeting can have a different "feel" depeninding on who goes. So if you don't like one group you can always try another.

Good luck.

--splitimage