Friday Night Young Peoples
I’d never seen him before.
“Does anyone have a topic for discussion?”
I raised my hand.
“I do.”
There was a long pause.
“What happens when you go to A.A. meetings for years, and all you hear about are sick people, going on about how sick they are? No one seems to be getting better - you don’t see it - and it just depresses you, hearing sick people do the same sick things…”
“And the ones that need help, you can’t help. You can’t help them because they think they have - think they are - the solution. But they’re NOT the solution. They’re NOT living a life that’s happy, joyous, and free, they live a sick, sad, and shallow existence. A lot of these people are the ones championing A.A. and doing so much ‘service’ for others… And you just get so tired - so tired of being brought down by them, that it’s hard for you to go to meetings anymore…”
“Does anyone have a topic for discussion?”
I raised my hand.
“I do.”
There was a long pause.
“What happens when you go to A.A. meetings for years, and all you hear about are sick people, going on about how sick they are? No one seems to be getting better - you don’t see it - and it just depresses you, hearing sick people do the same sick things…”
“And the ones that need help, you can’t help. You can’t help them because they think they have - think they are - the solution. But they’re NOT the solution. They’re NOT living a life that’s happy, joyous, and free, they live a sick, sad, and shallow existence. A lot of these people are the ones championing A.A. and doing so much ‘service’ for others… And you just get so tired - so tired of being brought down by them, that it’s hard for you to go to meetings anymore…”