Originally Posted by jimhere

When we were looking at The Doctor's Opinion and talking about how the phenomenon of craving sets the alcoholic apart as a distinct entity, he mentioned that every Sunday he took wine with communion. I asked him did he need another drink after church. He said no, he didn't. I brought up trying some controlled drinking. He didn't want to try that. But if you think about it, he was already doing that. I told him that he might not be alcoholic and that he should find out. This really upset him. I can see why. What do you do when for eight years, AA has been your whole social life?

I see him around once in a while. He is a miserable, lonely person that doesn't know where he belongs. Pretty sad when you want to fit in in AA.