How many times have I written my name down somewhere and told this person or that person to call?.....Lost count!

How many times have I heard someone going on about their wonderfull deeds in sobriety just to find out that they are a schmuck in the real world?.....Lost count!

There is an expression used in Steven King's Gunslinger series...."the world has moved on" I have started to think in this term as to the status of AA in my area. Thank God I got sober on the east coast where the rooms seem solid.

I am married to a sober woman and we both are up there in the double digits on sobriety. When we moved to where we are now it was an eye opener when it came to meetings here. No diners to go to after the meeting to consume gallons of coffee. Just the standard after meeting goodbyes then back to how it really is.

It seems that the only people who might have a chance of people calling from the lists are those who are squeaky new...which is a good thing. But the people who have time who are new to the area are shit out of luck.

Thank God I have the people in this site and my wifeee to talk to.

If I sound resentfull....well I am! I do not dwell on this but when my mind wanders to the subject it tends to get my Irish up.