I had a great meeting tonight!

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6. Well, the one I go to is Nar anon

The F2F meetings I go to are Al anon. I just signed up for an online CoDA group but they haven't "approved" me yet, so I have no idea how their meetings go. The Nar anon one starts with the serenity prayer (and many end that with amen, so mote it be or all my relations), then if you want to share, you "!" and the moderator calls on you. You share and then say "I'm done" and the others say something supportive but not crosstalk oriented. And so it goes for about 90 minutes. Another serenity prayer and then it's done. The great part is they have meetings seven days a week, so while I was sick, I was still able to "attend" and not infect anyone but my computer keyboard.

People stay after and that becomes crosstalk central but usually it's about our animals or some such non recovery oriented stuff in the after part - socializing, really.

I'm surprised at how well it works and I've been there with many different moderators and they are all great at making sure no crosstalk happens and they really nurture the supportive atmosphere.