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What do you mean by dependent? Like emotional dependence, which means seeing your emotional well-being as linked with someone(s) else, generally isn't considered a good thing.
Or do you mean "I'm afraid I'll get drunk if I don't go to a meeting today," kind of dependence?
I hear you about old-timers. I've sometimes just wanted to scream at them "GET A LIFE ALREADY!" But the reason AA is so large and long-lasting is because it promotes dependence on AA. Whether or not that's a good thing (obviously, some people flourish) would be a person's own call to make, I think. Are you most disturbed by the idea of sounding/becoming like the old-timer stereotype or is it something else?
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