AA Meeting

Counselor: So tell us what happened..

Participant: I just never believed it.. I never thought I do it more than other people.. I always thought this is what everybody do.. I...

Counselor: It’s ok.. You can share it here.. This is the safe circle..

Participant: My friends have been telling me about this… That I should be careful.. That I have a problem.. But I always deny it and never actually believe them..

Counselor: That’s called self-denial.. Now the next step is to accept it and works toward recovery..
Why don’t you start by telling us what happened..

Participant: OK.. After 3 weeks of lack of sleep I have another sleepless night. So I decided to watch some DVDs.. and one of the DVD was bothering me.. it wasn’t in order. So I .. I …

Counselor: (encouraging tone) Go on..

Participant: I start arranging them.. then suddenly I just black out. The next thing I know, 6 hrs later, I rearrange all my DVDs, CDs, books and comics..by alphabet, genre, and numbers(sobbing).
I spend 6 hours!!

Counselor: (holding the participant hand) Is that all?

Participant: (sobbing even harder) no! I even rearrange my shoes, clothes and underwear according to the colors and length..

Others: (gasp)

Counselor: Ok… So now are you ready to embrace it? Are you ready to accept and admit it?

Participant: (tried to stop crying) Yes.. I think I do..
Hi everybody, my name is Jennifer and I’m anal…