marmalade

i've only been to 7 or 8 na meetings so can't claim to be an authority on the subject but have, in the main, found them to be populated by 3 types of people: 1. really sincere helpful, salt of the earth types (a minority , sadly) 2. people who say they have "a problem man" but this usually turns out to be the odd spliff or a couple of nurofen once in a while, either spotty studenty types usually named tarquin (the former) or middle aged mums (the latter) this group is larger than group 1 but still a minority. 3. and now to the largest and most common group (latin name: completeselfobsessionicus justhadabootinthetoileticus) these types usually go to na meetings either looking for sex or to borrow money, usually they are very cliquey, can't wait to jump in front of any newcomers with the words "i'm tracy/trevor i'm an addict, and relate what's been happening in their self centered, excuse for an existence... they specialise in phony friendliness, complete insincerity and total self focus, they will say "come and have a coffee with us all afterwards" (if they haven't nodded out) but by the end of the meeting will look at you blankly when you say "where are we going for coffee then", but will probably ask you for a cigarette or money before walking off in a group leaving you feeling really humiliated and belittled and will generally leave you, as a newcomer, with the avowed intention to score as soon as possible, to forget the whole ghastly episode...