Thanks so much for that!
Once again I'm an oddball (no surprise)...when I went to meetings and was asked to talk I couldn't wait to. It was the one place I didn't feel judged and had an audience that could both relate and care about what I was going through - it was like the quicksand was gone and I was standing on sturdy ground once again. Strange.
Lately I've been toying with the idea of going back to AA and posts like yours are nice motivators.