[Carol87]

This was a very sensitive issue for me for several years since I was a high bottomed drunk and felt that I didn't belong just because I had yet to do the 'yets' ... I skipped over the daily drinking, drinking alone at home, the black outs, the panic when I thought I would run out of supply before it could be replenished. Once I stopped looking at the differences and saw the similarities ... and learned that it isn't how much you drink or how often, it is what happens to you when you do drink ... did I start to feel a sense of belonging. Yes, today, I still have times when I struggle with this .... but I can't deny the change in my life.

Did I help me ... Yes. Do I hurt AA ... How could I?? "Do they have a right to be in AA and get sober?" Of course ... the ONLY requirement for membership is a DESIRE to stop drinking.

I'll be following this ... thanks for the post ....