Originally Posted by Music
Malcolm,
AA is not in the business of saving people, or stopping people from drinking. That's the choice of the individual. Just like so many things in life, AA does not take away a persons right, or his self will to make decisions. What AA has is a program of recovery, which if practiced can make a person happy again and usefully whole again. The decision to practice the program and to what extent to go to practice the program, lies with me. I don't know what it will take for you to be "ready" for AA but I know what it took for me to be ready. I hope you don't have to go that far. Just try an open meeting. You don't have to say or do anything but sit and listen.
I didn't mean it that way, but I realize that's how it came out. For the record, I have been to an open meeting, but it just didn't seem for me at the time. Perhaps I'll change my mind in the near future, I contemplated giving it another shot over the weekend. Bear with me as I try to figure this all out.