Is AA a legitimate group? I went to one meeting and something just didn't seem or feel right.

[ArnoldLayne]

3. It seemed everyone gave their story when it was my turn

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I tended talk a little more and one person would raise their hand and say you need to let other people talk. Maybe a lot was coming out making it about me possibly, which I didn't mean to. Or I would ask a certain person about something they had said but a hand would come up and they would say that's enough it's not your turn. It was my first time ever at an AA meeting. Most of the people have been sober 5 to 28 years. I'm still drinking a little, slowing weaning myself off beer. I had been drinking 7 or 8 beers every day now since May. I've been laid off for a little over a year. Now I'm drinking since Sunday 4 or 5 beers a day. They just seemed so sad and down. They were drinking a whole lot more than I was. Some were drinking a case and a half a day. A bottle of Vodka or more a day or a bottle and a half of Whiskey everyday. But now I've been taking 3 Xanax's a day for 10 years now. Not when I was drinking but a few hours before and after I had my last beer. One woman asked me is he a local Doctor and I just replied Yes... and they waited about 10 seconds and they said Oh Ok. Then we all stood up in a circle holding hands and said The Lord's Prayer which is fine. I am a Christian I believe in God but not real active in any Church the past few years. That's about it for now.