those who can't be honest
Hi, I’ve a question about something that struck me at the few AA meetings I’ve been to so far. There is a reading at the beginning of meetings about those “who cannot follow the program because they are incapable of being honest, maybe they were just born that way” or something like that. It seems very harsh, almost nasty, and the sentiment seems to go against the welcome that I’ve been shown and that comes up elsewhere in the readings. I wondered what anyone else made of it and why it seems so different to the rest of what’s said. Of course, whenever I hear it, I think 'well that's me obviously'.