maleficent

A few years ago, I went thru a training program to work on a suicide hotline (Not a how to line, a prevention line) One of the things we had to do was go to a few AA meetings and an NA meeting if we could find one. Personally I thought it was a huge invasion of people's privacy intruding on this meeting, but I went... It was interesting -- some people were there clearly because they needed help and it was a supportive environment (though it rarely made people responsible for their drinking)There were some people who hadn't had a drink in years... and would move heaven and earth to help others... Then on the opposite end of the spectrum, I met some p eople after the meeting at a local bar, and a handful of people from the AA meeting were in the bar drinking.

12 step programs work -- IF a person wants them to work... Taking them to a meeting maybe they will hear something that will click with them.. and it will give them a reason to want to get clean.

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