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The Meeting After the Meeting

"The meeting after the meeting" used to be a regular part of my evenings in early sobriety, but the practice seems to have died out in my area. I sometimes go out to breakfast after the Saturday morning Moss Bay Group's meeting but the evening groups I go to seem to have most folks showing up late and leaving early to make up for it. My sponsor told me that meetings weren't necessary to sobriety. There's a ton of folks who stay sober without them, but contact with another alcoholic is vital. "Meetings," he said, "introduce you to the folks who'll keep you sober. The real work of AA happens one-on-one." Well, there's a restaurant not far from my home group. Next Tuesday I think I'll see what I can do to restart an old and good habit there.