Do you take what you want and leave the negative stuff behind?
No.......i just look for a meeting that talks more of a solution.
or shift my focus from the stories......to who sitting in the back row and tearing their hair out.
Its fair to say ive had a love hate affair with some forms of meetings dressed up as AA for years.
my sponsor would shake his head and say "none of your business soft lad
stop whining and look how you can be of use."
he was a solid big book guy.........and was at the most negative meeting in town......why........because he knew it was the right place to catch hold of the suffering alkie like me with no vital information and no idea of a solution.