24-07-2010, 12:46 PM
Hi
Sorry to hear you have had a couple of bad experiences but hopefully I can explain a little for you. The person on the phone is only a volunteer and his main role is to direct you to meetings and not generally to talk to people about their problems as this could prevent other people from connecting to the helpline.
The other experience I'm not quite sure what you are saying, was the meeting closed? If this is what happened then this is unfortunate but again as meetings are only by volunteers things can occasionally go wrong.
You can goto any meeting and when you get there regardless of whether it is 'experienced' (not a term the UK use) you should be welcomed into the group and guided to a recovery.
Please Please Please do not give up trying, keep trying to get to a meeting and at the very worse keep coming back here and on the live chat.
Sorry to hear you have had a couple of bad experiences but hopefully I can explain a little for you. The person on the phone is only a volunteer and his main role is to direct you to meetings and not generally to talk to people about their problems as this could prevent other people from connecting to the helpline.
The other experience I'm not quite sure what you are saying, was the meeting closed? If this is what happened then this is unfortunate but again as meetings are only by volunteers things can occasionally go wrong.
You can goto any meeting and when you get there regardless of whether it is 'experienced' (not a term the UK use) you should be welcomed into the group and guided to a recovery.
Please Please Please do not give up trying, keep trying to get to a meeting and at the very worse keep coming back here and on the live chat.