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#1
Feb 26, 2016, 08:12 AM
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I keep going back and forth in AA i never stay there only for a few weeks and i dont know why
I get scared about talking because most of the time it dont makes sense Sometimes i feel panicky and at the end of the meeting i get upset with myself because i dont make sense i also forget to thank people as i cant remember peoples names I try and remember but my brain dont work so good  i really want to go back but while i was there the last time i told them i was transgender which am not now because of gender confusion I want to be able to go but am scared that they will think am crazy then again i am crazy
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Feb 26, 2016, 08:29 AM
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We pretty much all crazy in AA. It ain't no thing.
You can go everyday and sit there and listen and not say a word. That is perfectly ok. In fact it is probably better to sit and listen for quite awhile until things start to make sense. There is no need to thank anyone. The biggest thing with AA is to just show up. You will find people who get you.
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Feb 26, 2016, 09:05 AM
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Thank you for replying
i am paranoid as well i think everyone hates me or thinks bad of me I know i shouldn't be paranoid but i find it hard to stop thinking like that
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Feb 26, 2016, 09:17 AM
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I don't know that we can help being paranoid. It is not something you "shouldn't" be. If you are you are.
You can combat it though. I can 100% promise you that not everyone hates you or thinks bad of you. Knowing that the paranoia is causing thoughts that are not true can help. Keep telling yourself that those thoughts are lies. Not based on reality. It's very hard to stop thinking like that and maybe impossible, but we don't have to believe the crazy stuff that rolls around in our heads.
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
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Feb 29, 2016, 10:11 PM
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Jamie, there is online meetings so you still get support. And you can call the AA hotline as well in your area. Or you can go to a different AA meeting where you did not say you were transgender. It all works out, it is a win win situation. We are only as sick as our secrets so i say go because almost everyone in the AA room is as uptight and insecure as you are. blessings and tc
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Mar 01, 2016, 12:20 PM
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i didnt end up going to the meetings
I AM TRANSGENDER av had a hard time accepting myself and my gender identity my husband says i dont need to go to the meetings am staying sober on my own
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Mar 02, 2016, 11:21 AM
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In AA they accept people as they are. Go to a meeting where no one knows you. Make a fresh start. If you don't talk that's okay. Continue to go until you feel comfortable.
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