I really wish we had meetings like that here. I really like groups, but didn't find I fit in the traditional ones...and have never had 6 months, so I can't just start one....sometimes, it seems like the steps have such a monopoly, of sorts, and those that benefit by a social atmosphere just have no real place to go in most places in the US...especially if you don't have a car.
I pondered this old Japanese poem today:
"I feel the wind’s keen force
As waves break over rocks
Worn down by loneliness
I dream of days gone by."
-Shigeyuki Minamoto, AD 963, from The Ogura Hyakunn Isshu
And though, Ah, to fill that void in some new way, but so little time anymore, work, the commute, no car, things intervening on all sides, and access more and more limited.
Been crying a lot these days.