Gay & Sober - Meetgs MISSOURI

Contents:

• GAY AA: A LOOK AT LGBT GROUPS ALHOLICS ANONYMO
• ALHOLICS ANONYMO AND GAY AMERIN MEN
• SUNDAY MORNG GAY MENS STAG

GAY AA: A LOOK AT LGBT GROUPS ALHOLICS ANONYMO

Gay & Sober - Meetgs WISCONSIN. Inclus stori by reverg alholics who self-intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and transng, and queer.

Statement of InclnGaL-AA (Gays and Lbians Alholics Anonymo) was tablished to serve and have the volvement of lbians, gay men, and others Alholics Anonymo, regardls of how they choose to intify themselv. While the name only directly reflects gays and lbians, we embrace all LGBT+ members of the AA fellowship. In fact, a full 25 percent of gay and transgenr people abe alhol, pared to jt five to 10 percent of the total populatn.

For some LGBT clients, this will clu addrsg the effects of ternalized homophobia. Another LGBT dividual said of the procs that led him to a gay group, “I refed to go to the gay groups bee I did not want to be intified as a homosexual. Bee of this, and not beg able to let anyone really know me AA (as this would mean sayg I was gay), I did not make any real progrs my first six months AA.

ALHOLICS ANONYMO AND GAY AMERIN MEN

“I fally went to a gay group and a man me over and talked to me after the meetg. The Rabow Room is nductg both Zoom meetgs and -person meetgs at New York’s Church of Sat Mary the Virg, loted at 145 Wt 46th see the schle for rmatn about our daily Zoom and limed -person Rabow Room is a special tert group of alholic gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people dited to fdg the solutns to our problems the spir of AA, all are rmatn on Covid-19 (ronavis) and our Fellowship, please vis our NEWS is our full schle. 1 In fact, studi show that people who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual are approximately 2 tim as likely to have an addictn than straight peers and transgenr dividuals are close to 4 tim as likely.

Rearch suggts that gay alhol treatment programs mt nsir important factors such as sexual objectifitn, the tersectnaly of multiple margalized inti—pecially the impacts of racism—and high occurrenc of mental health ndns. Gay Women.

SUNDAY MORNG GAY MENS STAG

While rearch has not drawn specific nclns about why gay women are so much more likely to mise or bee addicted to alhol than straight women, studi do show certa risk factors for alhol abe the muny. Studi dite that gay women experience certa mental health ncerns—many of which are associated wh a higher rate of substance mise—more often than straight women. Rearch also dit that more gay women experience -occurrg disorrs—or two mental health diagnos at the same time.

Gay Men. Gay men have been observed to mise alhol as a pg mechanism, as well as part of a pattern of risk-takg behavrs that may be related to addictn, trma, peer fluence, or mental health ndns.