Glad I got here when I did

I was young when I arrived in AA—just 25 years old. It was 1973 and I was living in the desert above Los Angeles. During my first two years there was no one my age in meetings for 50 miles in any direction. Luckily I had good oldtimers around me, AA people in their 50s, 60s and 70s. I will always be grateful for them. I had always wanted someone older and wiser to hang out with in meetings.