Where is everyone from? 2016 to present

Thank you :+1:

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Welcome to the group! I also live in a country where there is no AA or any similar type groups but there is a lot available online now. Personally I’ve found this group the most helpful. I’ve been given a lot of good advice, support and encouragement here. I hope you will have a similar experience.
I live in a village in Kyrgyzstan. There’s no resources here about addiction (that’s changing soon because I’ve been working on translating material on the subject) but there is so much available in English online. Have you checked out any online meeting?

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Welcome Beba. I’m from Amsterdam, the Netherlands and I’ve lived here all my life. Plenty of Recovery resources available where I live but this place right here has been my main one for 5+ years now. But here you’ll find all info on AA you want. Success!!!

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Hey Beba,
I live in Germany. I usually attend online Recovery Dharma meetings.

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From the PNW, USA

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Hey @Laner didn’t check yet, will see.
Thank you for all information :blush:

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Hey @Dazercat thank you :blush:

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Germany?
I thought you were in the Netherlands.

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I like to cycle and go for vacations there :netherlands:

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I’ll go deeper than 2016…Birth - Present:

Illinois :arrow_right: Louisiana :arrow_right: Illinois :arrow_right: California :arrow_right: Illinois :arrow_right: Oregon :arrow_right: New Mexico :arrow_right: Illinois :arrow_right: Oregon

  • IL to LA, back to IL, to CA, and back to IL is all kid/teen stuff and I had no choice in the matter(s)
  • I originally moved to Portland, OR in 1994,
  • did the “addiction geography change” to:
  • Albuquerque, NM,
  • did zero recovery and not-so-shockingly:
    relapsed,
  • did another “addiction geography change” to:
  • my mom’s (back in Illinois [thinking, suuuurely that would do the trick :crazy_face:]),
  • again: did zero recovery and not-so-shockingly (you guessed it): relapsed,
  • did another-another “addiction geography change” back to:
  • Portland, OR in 1998 (because everyone I used with back in '94-'95 was either dead or in prison so now, “for real” :wink: I would stop drinking & using :crazy_face:) and have been back in Portland ever since.
  • That said, I only FINALLY received that Gift of Desperation 624 days ago and:
  • have been IN Recovery for 623 days!

Yeesh…I’m exhausted after alla that. :rofl:

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West Midlands UK
to Lancaster, Lancashire, UK
to West Midlands UK
to London UK

To…(Insert)

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Oh it’s interesting I never thought to list places I lived in in order this way.

Born and raised in Maine, USA. Moved to Thailand then Cambodia. From there I moved to Turkey from there to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Jordan then did a short stint in Afghanistan and Iran before ending back in Kyrgyzstan where I’ve been for about 10 years now.

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Minnesota.

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Just seeing where everyone is from, wouldn’t mind connecting with some near to me to reach out to when the urge kicks in.

Northern Illinois here.

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I’m in Canada (don’t personally want to get more specific than that on public threads but Canada narrows it down at least a bit :innocent:)

There’s an existing thread where you can join the discussion - lots of people from all over at that thread!

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I am on san Diego ca

A village in Oxfordshire UK. The birth place of King Alfred of Wessex. And yes, he does have a traffic cone on his head some Sunday mornings.


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