I dunno if this counts as a introduction but here we go:

So I had kind of a realisation today which I hope you guys can relate with. I was walking home waiting for the metro and there was this gorgeous asian girl standing there and I thought to myself "I think I would make her night more enjoyable if I go talk to her". Weird thing is I still didn’t. I knew what to say and I knew it would at least get me a nice convo while I waited for my metro but still I didnt do it. I think should kinda explain where im coming from. I read The game a couple of months ago since my then gf bought it for a friend who’s a real AFC.( He ended up not wanting it because he didnt want to be fake and desperate blablabla.) Anyway the funny thing is my gf and I read parts of it together and she agreed that most of these things would have worked on her. Anyway we broke up a couple of months ago and Im just now getting over her and really started getting out of the social shell I build around myself during our relationship. I started using just some things from the game in field(together with some parts "mysterys method") mainly to open a set. It sounds weird but I already had so much fun just going out and deciding "tonight im gonna meet new people".
First thing I found out that its hard that to change things in your behaviour with your friends around. It already happened a few times that I was out with my best friend and that I’m talking to a group of girls and then I suddenly notice that he's standing right behind me, saying nothing, just staring with a beer in his hands (best lesson ever: "Put the beer down by your side guys!").You can’t really go out to meet girls while your friend wants to drink and make sarcastic remarks about the people around him. Anyway back to my story...
Ive been doing this for 2 weeks now (although I don’t really make a point of it to go out 4 nights week) and I really feel allot better about approaching girls in bars/clubs. The thing is: I can open - I can "vibe" but that’s where I kinda screw up. I feel like I can write out the steps of how it should go down but when I’m talking I just.. forget or I’m too busy trying to keep the conversation going. Don’t get me wrong I’m a funny/insightfull person and can keep a fun conversation going. Only I know that doesn’t get me farther too my "goal". This brings me back again to the girl at the metro stop. I think I’m very set in thinking I can only approach girls when I’m out with my friends.. Truth is I can just walk out my house and meet girls everywhere every day. I know the things that Im having trouble with are just a matter of practice. I think Im getting over the worst AA already and look at how much fun its bringing me! Time to start practice the next step of the dance . (The next is probably learning to neg a target since ive nver done that before)

anyway long post
Hope it means something

greets

Hey!

Welcome to the forum and thx for sharing your story. It is always nice to hear how someone is overcoming AA. I suggest you look in the Routines section and learn a few routines, like the cube or something. You dont necessarily have to use them on every set, but if you ever find yourself in a situation when you dont know what to say or want to direct the conversation to a certain topic you can always fall back on a prepared routine.