Originally Posted by
bellakeller 
If there are any old-timers out there, I would love to hear your opinion. I want to do the right thing and follow the rules of this program because I know they are there for a reason even if I might not see the reason just yet at this point in my recovery. Please, any thoughts are so welcome.
I'm not an old-timer but I have done battle with enough of them to know how they think (or think not).
They don't like change.
They don't like thinking.
They specially don't like thinking about change.