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The new NA group with the open mic thing was pushed back till next week. It's a brand new group and tonight was their first meeting so that was all picking a name and chairperson crap. Me and Eric ended up going to the same place I went the night before. One of the guys (Mike) Id met in the ten minutes I caught of the westside meeting was a guest chairperson and his girlfriend (Diana), (I met her that night too) had recommened meeting them at that group instead of going to the brand new one. It was still lots of fun even if there weren't any stand-up comedians. After talking with the couple after the meeting Mike ran out to the parking lot and gave us $20. I BARELY mentioned we were broke till wednesday. And I only said that cuz for the past two nights I haven't put anything into the basket and every single other person has... plus I look like a scumball (and in need of a handout) and Mike is also from NY so he's already taken a liking to me. anyway it was totally a nice thing for him to do, he didnt even wait around long enough for me to turn it down, he put it in my hand n said "I didnt wanna give this to you in front of everyone" (which made me nervous... heh thought maybe he was gonna hand me a bag of somethin). Then as he was walking away he said "You can pay me back whenever" and I said "You'll get it wednesday" and he said "wednesday... next year... it doesn't matter, just whenever" so that was totally awesome. We went directly to Kroger's after the meeting and got $17.35 worth of groceries (bread, milk, tuna fish, potatoes, cheese, cat food). I also got a couple bags of corn bread mix. Tomorrow there is a potluck dinner before the westside meeting. Mike said people are bringing chili. Least I could do is bring some corn bread.... Anyway I didn't plan on this becoming an every day thing. I was only going to go to a couple meetings a week in order to relieve some of the boredom. not that I'm complaining or anything. I still cant believe he would give me $20 after knowing me for an hour and a half. I'm in NA for christsakes... guess this group is different from the ones I used to go to.

Always remember to quit while you're ahead.

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