| Sharx35 2005-07-28, 8:49 am |
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"F.H." <connectu2@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Robert McGregor wrote:
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> LOL, darn, I thought you talkin bout me. Naturally *my* story is much
> more interesting than a simple stroll to the hoosegow and a judges
> instructions. Seriously though, I believe *strongly* that if a person has
> failed repeatedly over a number of years (let others argue the "real
> alcoholic" stuff) and he/she falls into the category of once you start
> drinking you can't stop, then they have reached to point where the only
> way out is surrender. Surrender to the fact that you simply can't drink
> if you want to have any kind of life. I believe surrender applies to many
> different situations to varying degrees. Generally, you have to give up
> something before changing directions, don't you?
>
> As for kids at AA I hadn't thought about it much but of the top I would
> say it's OK. OK as in accompany your parents to see them participate in
> something positive and show some vulnerability among other adults not to
> mention maybe see and hear some folks who made bad choices and nearly
> destroyed themselves. As far a kid joining, no f--king way.
I was in full agreement with you UNTIL your last sentence. Age should be
irrelevant as a qualifier or a NON-qualifier. Some are slower than others
(or faster) in realizing their lack of power over alcohol.
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