A Conspiracy of Love

A fellow named D. C. was one of those who conspired with my doctor and family, I was sure, to get me to my first AA meeting. When I called AA, at the insistence of wife and doctor, I explained to I. P.--another conspirator--that I had seen a brief sequence in an old movie which depicted an AA meeting, so I knew all about this outfit, and I was sorry but the religious aspect wouldn't suit. This lady then had the gall to recite from the Big Book about "contempt prior to investigation." Of course, my intellectual pride now required that I attend a meeting, if only to qualify for contempt after investigation.