I am grateful that I attended AA before this thread ever appeared. I have read this thread through several times over the past two days and it still leaves an unsettled feeling.
Alcoholism is a progressive and fatal disease. And yes, I am a real alcoholic, even though I never ended up in a gutter. Desperation comes in many guises. If at any point this disease can be arrested before death and destruction occurs, that is life affirming and instills hope.
Rowan, on the last page you assert that you’re a newcomer to AA and are just learning about alcoholism…then your eyes are rolling in your head at another comment. I don’t get it.
I feel sorry for any suffering newcomers who read this thread and turn away from AA, who may suffer further in silence, or worse, and not walk through the door because of what they’ve read here.