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Sorry for part 2, Sadly we ARE NOT normal, we can't drink like social drinkers period.
I was at a meeting last night, my favorite, and an old timer said that a long time ago he was lamenting not being normal... He said an old timer took him aside, looked him in the eyes and said "One day, you'll be thankful you're in AA and not normal." The Old Timer then proceeded to note how his old "normal" acquaintances had suffered with their lives and died, largely sad and empty lives he said, because they didn't truly know how to LIVE. He said the AA way of life is a blue print for living a FULL and HAPPY life, and today he truly thanks God that's he's in AA and not NORMAL.