First Glimpse Of Group

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I remember my first glimpse of group when I got to Atlanta....There was a staff member walked me from the intake room to the back of group and raised his hand...All the sudden the flurry of people motivating stopped and turned around...The staff member asked did anyone know me and I'll be damned...3 or 4 of my using friends stood up..."Oh hell I thought" there's my old druggie girlfriend and my my buddy I use to buy pot from and several guys I use to get high with before school. "I thought to my self this is going to be OK." Then the staff member said those dreadful words....those are your druggie friends, No Talking To Them!!!!"

There were so many people from my hometown of "Gastonia NC" there it wasn't funny. Almost every week or so at first one of my hometown people were coming in. It seemed like a recruiter brainwashed the parents of all my friends as well as my own. I remember the person who was pushing straight to me while I was in jail.....But what strikes me funny is how he got to the others???

[Anonymous]

remember the "Satanic Panic" in the late 70's - 80's?
straight recruitment worked much the same way

[Anonymous]

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthen ... anism.html

[Anonymous]

My first glimpse of the group was right after what I later learned was a "bust ass rap".  The place was steaming, sweat and condensation on the walls, puddles on the floor, everyone's clothes drenched in sweat.  I remember thinking "what kind of hell is this?".  Oh, how right I was.......

[groovy1634]

i was hoping it was all a dream

it was friday too  open meeting night