Originally Posted by
leanabeana 
Thanks swlnyc and hellzr. I think part of my issue is that I can't relate to the dramatic drunkalogues. I was a moderate-heavy drinker, so I didn't have any major fallout from drinking. I didn't go to prison or have my kids taken away. I didn't even get a DUI (though I probably could have so I'm lucky).
Not saying I'm special or above it, I just don't feel like part of the "gang" in that sense.
I know the response will probably be that this is not the point, but it's where I'm at right now.
You're smarter than most if you decided to get off the elevator before it resulted in such devastating loss. In that sense i'm not sure why you'd want to be a part of "the gang" (i say that with mild levity and sarcasm.
It says in AA very clearly "the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking"
you have certainly earned your seat any way any one chooses to look at it and maybe in the most important sense of the word. So perhaps you are more a part of the gang than you think.