McGowdog

Well that speaks to our human nature. If the doc would have told him that, he'd be at every AA meeting, making coffee, setting out chairs and greeting people at the door.

Back to an AA meeting I went to in Vegas that was in a club... they have these chairs that face the front like class and the chair person looks like a school teacher who sits up at a desk... not knocking this, they have this in some meetings in Colorado too... and when I raised my hand as an out-of-towner, they gave me a newcomer/visitor packet complete with meeting list, copy of 3rd and 7th step prayer, a 24 hour Just-for-today type chip. It was pretty cool. I'd have to imagine they have a lot of visitors too. I wish they had some daily meetings right there in the casinos on the strip, but I couldn't find one. I think there was one near the Mirage on a certain day/night of the week.

I hear from time to time that there are people who are/were bad drunks and can get and stay sober without AA. That's fine, I'm sure. I've always enjoyed AA even back when I was sent to the treatment center at 18 and it was a part of nighty routine; they had a meeting right there in the treatment center. I always feel like I've gotten something out of a meeting at some level. Just sitting down with an other alcoholic after a meeting is sometimes even better. I just feel like, these are my people. They get me. I get something from it and I think they do to. If you drank anything like I did and are having a blast in sobriety despite circumstances, why would you want to miss this? And circumstances are really pretty dern good... or at least my perspective of them are.