Hi Christina,

Glad that you survived your first meeting. It sounds like it went ok, and I'm glad that you're giving it a second shot.

Don't be too put off by the Big Book - sometimes the language is a little dated, but there's lots of good stuff in there. Only the first 164 pages basically make up the "program" the rest are individual's stories about how they got sober. They're the sort of thing you can read one at a time in about 10 minutes. I personally like them because I find them inspirational.

If you do decide that AA is for you, at this time, then I highly recommend Stephanie Covington's book and workbook, A Woman's Way through the 12 steps. It stays true to the original 12 steps but has excercises in it that are kind of from a feminine perspective with lots of good suggestions for self soothing. It's really helped me loads.

Take care.

--splitimage