The Preacher and the Meeting

An AA tells how his home group had to find a new space to avoid hearing the message of the church

Imagine sitting in your first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and during the middle of the meeting someone who is not a member of AA addressed the group with a speech on a specific religion and how to properly achieve salvation. If this had happened at my first meeting I am not sure I would have returned. I may have missed out entirely on the message that AA carries to the suffering alcoholic.

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