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I'm an alcoholic but I'm not an AA member. Never have been. But I've been to 1 meeting (it was a friend's "birthday"), and that was enough to sell me on it. I have NEVER in my life walked in to a place that was so welcoming, so non-judgmental, so supportive, and so diverse. There were, literally, street people, cops, professionals (a lawyer & a nurse that I knew personally), the affluent and the penniless. And they were all equals. It works. And so do the related Al-Anon & Al-Teen groups. When I was doing financial counselling, I sent more than one person there, and they mostly had the same reaction as I did from the first meeting.
And if the group doesn't suit you, try another. There tend to be lots of different groups, and each may tend to have a different "flavour" to it, but they are all there for the same reason. Use them, lean on them, so you can learn to stand by yourself, and maybe support someone else.
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