u/dcubleknot

Hi everyone,

I’m a 21 year old female in a smaller town. I want to attend an AA meeting because I’ve been struggling with alcohol since I was 16, and dependent since I was 18.

Alcohol controls my life and I want to take back my freedom. I am just worried that the others in the group will be a lot older than me and feel as though I don’t have the right to be there.

I’ve opened up to a family member before saying I think I’m an alcoholic, but it was shut down because, “you’re only young, you can develop a good relationship with it if you try.”

But the thing is, I’ve never tried so hard at anything in my life, but I just can’t drink the way my peers do. In the end, it always grows and spirals until I can’t get through the day without it. I want to know, is there a little bit of scepticism when a very young person joins an AA meeting? Will I be treated with less kindness?

Side note, I’m also worried about AA focusing on a Christian approach, especially since I’m from a very Christian area and I’m aware of AA’s roots in Christianity. I left Christianity a long time ago and it’s a sore spot for me, so I wouldn’t benefit from my recovery centring around an abrahamic higher power.

I have always thought since Priya came into the villa that she has been lovely, communicative and tried her absolute best.

I remember seeing posts a couple weeks ago from people saying they hate her and that she’s not a girl’s girl, but I never understood it??

I hate that Priya has only been getting love from the public due to sympathy over the way Samraj was moving, when she was always open and absolutely fine.

I think Priya has been so strong in the villa, incredibly friendly towards the girls and very tolerant towards the absolute crap she’s been fed by the boys. She’s definitely been dealt the worst hand and I don’t understand it!! Not only in the villa but from the public, too.