Mike: But still, I'd say that probably the most
open-minded people I've ever met were through AA.
Eric: That's not my experience, but I'm glad it's
yours. The fellowship people I've met were
egotists with low self-esteem. All kinds of
radioactive waste in those psyches. But it did
seem that going to meetings kept those people from
becoming worse than they were.
However, if by open-minded, you mean tolerant,
that may be. Someone told me this joke:
An alcoholic goes through the steps up to the
point where he has to make a ruthless personal
inventory, listing all his faults. He goes to his
sponsor and says he has trouble discussing some of
the things he did, things he is deeply ashamed of,
can't share.
"What?" asks the sponsor.
"Oh," says the sponsor, "did yours die too?"
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