It isn't unusual to discover that you've gone on ahead.  It seems that a lot 
of meetings consist of folks who sort of sit in one spot and can't or won't 
go further.  One of the worst in my opinion is the cripple seeker, the nut 
who preys on all the newest sickest scaredest of the opposite gender.  I 
don't know what happens but sometimes a sort of ennui settles in and 
everybody just says something like: I had a great (or terrible) day today and 
I'm grateful for the program because it kept me sober.  I much prefer those 
that discuss the hows of facing life in all its disorder and keeping ahead of 
the fray.  My sponsor told me that life is inseperable from conflict so I had 
better learn to live among conflicts with joy.   Sort of like 'we shall 
overcome' and that will leave me free to look for the good stuff that often 
gets burried.  I find that meetings pick up and perk up if a newcomer arrives 
- it is a big concern that these are becoming few and far bwetween.  I guess 
treatment centers are taking our place.  I wonder why?  
 
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