Found the blog login details again :)

Hallo again :) So much has happened to all the other bloggers since I have posted. Very impressed by how diligently and consistently everyone else has been posting. It is very reassuring to see the same faces. I'm sorry I took an extended leave of absence. Writing is a good way to think out loud and I like trying to explain things as it helps me keep track.

It's late and I will have to get to bed quite soon but have resurrected an old puter with old passwords on it that I haven't used for a long time, because another puter is out getting mended. I thought I had lost the login for the blog but turns out it was still on here :)

If I were to jump on a theme in AA that seem s current the moment I would say it is something called 'AA lite' which is the word I use for when the methods used in treatment centres are somehow conflated with the AA method to such an extent that the new people (and a lot of other people) cannot tell them apart.

Another theme is the preoccupation with finance and getting money generally. The recession or downturn or whatever you like to call it seems to have made people a lot more money minded. I've nothing against money per se, but I don't like it when money comes first and all else is trampled in it's wake. I seem to have discovered strange goings on that seem to have their problems rooted in money. Basicaly people who seem to be using the aa meetings for personal profit or whatever. Financial 13th stepping.

Here it tends to happen in the richer areas of town. There are some regular aa's that I really wonder if they are alcoholics at all or if they just go to meetings to garner some bogus respect and worm their way into some wealthy and well connected associations. So now I listen a lot more carefully to how people describe their drinking, as I suspect a few are not what they seem. Since I have been paying more attention to this activity, some of the people who seem bogus have been looking nervous and trying to befriend me, so I suspect they know I think something is up.

Basically I have a clearer picture how some people use aa meetings for financial advantage, I always knew it was there in some form or other, but have stumbled across a few dodgy people up to no good. I am powerless over them unfortunately. But at least now I can warn wealthy newcomers to watch out for aa members posing as helpers and advisers who will hand pick the wealthiest newcomers in the room and charm them into a premature and ill advised temporary sponsorship situation.. then drop lots of hints about expensive treats they would like to take part in or own. Thankfully there are not too many people doing this here, but they are regular faces at the wealthiest meetings. Oh well.   And on that cheery note I wish you well and will drop by and say hello..