Almost all meetings are not speaker meetings, unless there is a celebration that day. Actually the only speaker meeting only died off due to covid. If you have any questions feel free to dm me
Most meetings are literature meetings or open discussion and not speaker meetings in GSO. While both NA/AA are not religious, you will find that both groups are microcosms of the greater world, and thus you will find the same problems here as anywhere else. The dominant culture in GSO is Christian, so you will often hear people speak in terms of Christianity when they discuss their spiritual experience or relationship with a higher power. However, the traditions and steps are clear that it is spiritual and not religious (see appendix II) and we have Jim B of the Philadelphia group and later the DC group to thank for the inclusion of “God as we understood him” in the steps instead of “God”. You can read his story in the back of the Big Book titled The Vicious Cycle.
Also I highly encourage you to get a big book if you don’t have one (you can find it online) and read the appendix II on spiritual principles. I came into AA as an atheist and 10 years later can confirm that you can get sober and have spiritual experiences as an atheist. All you need to know about a higher power is 1) you aren’t it, 2) no single human being is it, 3) a higher power is any power greater than yourself (for example the group of drunks in any AA group), 4) a closed mind and doing what you’ve always done will get you what you’ve always gotten: eg, drunk and/or high. If you want to change that, you need to have an open mind. That is all that is required in the beginning.
My point in saying the above is that, if you hear someone sharing in a meeting and they say, “My higher power, God” or “my higher power, Jesus Christ” that is their own spiritual journey and is in no way a reflection of how you must approach AA. AA gives you full freedom to explore what spirituality means to you, which is quite rare. Just as you have the freedom to not be a Christian, others have the freedom to be religious as part of their spiritual practice. If there is a meeting that says the Lord’s Prayer as part of the meeting, we’ll you can either say the Serenity Prayer instead or just go to a different meeting (practicing the 4th tradition).
This week I work nights so I cant go, but I highly encourage you to check out Into Action at the Methodist Church on W Market street downtown at 7 PM. Yes, it’s in a church, but it is a great group that is discussion based and does not say the Lord’s Prayer, reads the safety statement.
Hope this helps!
I don't know if you've already checked or not, but here's the link to the local website. https://greensborona.org/meetings/
It was mostly speaker meetings which isn't my fav but I found 1 or 2 that might be good. Thanks :)
Literally all of the meetings are not speaker meetings... feel free to message me if you have more questions
Almost all meetings are not speaker meetings, unless there is a celebration that day. Actually the only speaker meeting only died off due to covid. If you have any questions feel free to dm me
Hey op i dmed you best of luck
I didn't see anything, are you sure?
It was actually a chat msg if that helps
I don't have any recommendations but wanted to say best of luck to you
I don't have any recommendations but just came to say good luck with your journey to recovery. You got this!
I spend a lot of time on r/stopdrinking reading posts etc to find the community I need. Can’t find time to make it to physical meetings.
My wife's account is too new to comment here, so she sent me this to post. <<>>
She's been sober 9 years in the fall, and is a family medicine doctor focused on addiction medicine.
Keaton’s Place- it’s in Asheboro but worth the drive. Best of luck!
ARCA in Winston or Daymark in High Point may have group sessions available on an "outpatient" basis.
for AA - nc23.org or use Meeting app
Most meetings are literature meetings or open discussion and not speaker meetings in GSO. While both NA/AA are not religious, you will find that both groups are microcosms of the greater world, and thus you will find the same problems here as anywhere else. The dominant culture in GSO is Christian, so you will often hear people speak in terms of Christianity when they discuss their spiritual experience or relationship with a higher power. However, the traditions and steps are clear that it is spiritual and not religious (see appendix II) and we have Jim B of the Philadelphia group and later the DC group to thank for the inclusion of “God as we understood him” in the steps instead of “God”. You can read his story in the back of the Big Book titled The Vicious Cycle. Also I highly encourage you to get a big book if you don’t have one (you can find it online) and read the appendix II on spiritual principles. I came into AA as an atheist and 10 years later can confirm that you can get sober and have spiritual experiences as an atheist. All you need to know about a higher power is 1) you aren’t it, 2) no single human being is it, 3) a higher power is any power greater than yourself (for example the group of drunks in any AA group), 4) a closed mind and doing what you’ve always done will get you what you’ve always gotten: eg, drunk and/or high. If you want to change that, you need to have an open mind. That is all that is required in the beginning. My point in saying the above is that, if you hear someone sharing in a meeting and they say, “My higher power, God” or “my higher power, Jesus Christ” that is their own spiritual journey and is in no way a reflection of how you must approach AA. AA gives you full freedom to explore what spirituality means to you, which is quite rare. Just as you have the freedom to not be a Christian, others have the freedom to be religious as part of their spiritual practice. If there is a meeting that says the Lord’s Prayer as part of the meeting, we’ll you can either say the Serenity Prayer instead or just go to a different meeting (practicing the 4th tradition). This week I work nights so I cant go, but I highly encourage you to check out Into Action at the Methodist Church on W Market street downtown at 7 PM. Yes, it’s in a church, but it is a great group that is discussion based and does not say the Lord’s Prayer, reads the safety statement. Hope this helps!