Again - living in your box. The meeting is for YOU and you seem to be so worried about the image of the other people. Are you any better than them because you have never committed a felony? Are corp. people somehow more acceptable to be around in AA?
Did you ever stop to think you could learn something from an ex con? This is the problem in society - people make mistakes and when they try and turn their life around they are judged by people like you. They served their time and now they are out to rectify their passed mistakes but somehow you just cant see the good in that. All you see is an ex con. Maybe all the ex cons see in you is somebody that bolted, cant stick to anything and judges people based on their past. Ever think of that?
Addictions dont just happen to losers and ex cons - addictions can happen to ANYBODY.
I really cant believe you asked that. What if we said to you... do you know of a divorce busting message board that doesnt have somebody that is needy and refuses to take any solid and stable advice and that can at least give *something* a chance? How would you feel?
I hope you talk to your priest about your judgement issues because no matter what the situation, even if in your own subtle way, you find a way to judge anything that may help you.
Had my dad gone to AA maybe he would not have died at the age of 58. Maybe he would have found some strength and direction... but he was too weak, too scared and it wasnt for him because he wasnt like "those people". Look how far that got him. Now me and my sister are w/o a father for the rest of our lives and I can assure you the death he died was a slow and painful one because I watched it. Watching your own dad take his last breath because he REFUSED to get help or even try and help himself or take help that was offered to him for TEN years isnt something I wish on anybody.
You are no better than an ex con and neither am I. Instead of viewing an ex con as a negative, shine some positive on what they are trying to do - get help and turn their lives around. What a damn concept, no?
