HL> Not in my experience.  If I thought that "transferring the addiction"
 HL> to  AA was necessary I never would have stayed.  What I got from 90/90
 HL> was very simply *something to do* with all the time that got freed up
 HL> from not drinking and drugging.  In fact, if I notice that any of the
 HL> people I sponsor are becoming addicted to meetings (for example, won't
 HL> go to  the movies because the *have* to go to a meeting), I gently
 HL> intervene. AA is, from the very start, a bridge back to LIFE...not a
 HL> bridge back to AA.  It's about learning to live *free* from active
 HL> alcoholism [read addiction], NOT about finding new addictions to take
 HL> the place of drugs and alcohol.
 
Harriet, Thank you for that thought!! I was having a hard time with the 
fact that I have to miss a meeting or two to take care of other things. 
Guess I need to remember that LIFE goes on with AA, not just that AA 
goes on!!
 
 
 
 
... Go straight to the docs.  Do not pass GO.  Do not collect $200!
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