Nancy, when you were getting disgusted about the people neglecting their children or animals due to their alcoholism, over about a year's time, did it get disgusting enough to stop drinking? I am having a hard time believing that you couldn't find someone to identify with at AA meetings for an entire year. When you joined the website a couple of weeks ago, has it not occurred to you since then that this is not an AA-only environment? It doesn't even take more than one click to figure that out when you enter the Forums section of soverrecovery.com . (I can't handle obtuse questions and statements.)