Hi Jayster, are you talking strictly about AA? Some people who need help quitting alcohol or drugs will not listen to anybody; they don’t want to quit no matter who tells them or what you tell them. You know this. But, yeah, my sisters are good people but they don’t want to listen to me when I know something they don’t. The situation rarely crops up but it is annoying. But hey, I bet people in your local AA meeting can benefit from what you know. And you’ve probably helped people on here by being an example. if you want to help people on here than start the ball rolling and share your knowledge without asking. I don’t think you’re “too far out there”. You always sound rational with a touch of good humor.
Yeah, Jayster, when I was a newcomer in AA, every time an old timer got up and shared that he had 5, 10, 25 years clean it was an inspiration. I bet you have helped newcomers this way without even knowing it. Because as they drilled into me in many meetings, “the most important person in an AA meeting is the newcomer”.
My first week, my brain crashed and rebooted every time I was introduced to someone with more than a couple decades in. I couldn’t even keep the plug in the jug for 48 hours and here’s someone who had been dry for longer than I had been alive??? Holy crap! I wanted to pass it off as them being complete bullsh–ers, but they were practically radiating serenity. Felt like sunlight when you sat next to them. Totally worth coming to a meeting for, y’know?