AA Thoughts

I was watching Loudermouth, and they brought up something that really stuck with me—how AA makes it seem like every single sip of alcohol was the beginning of the end. Like the second you took a drink, you were doomed to hit rock bottom. And sure, for some people, that’s true. But let’s be real—not every drink was a disaster. What about the wedding toasts? The deep, ridiculous late-night conversations? The spontaneous adventures that only happened because someone said, "One more round?" Some drinks were just... fun. And maybe that’s the uncomfortable truth—because remembering the good times doesn’t exactly fit the "drinking is evil" narrative.

It’s interesting to me that I was able to stop drinking and doing drugs, yet my mom—who’s been sober for God knows how long—is still at meetings three times a week, part of an AA study group, constantly trying to save people. It makes me wonder—at what point do you stop living in recovery and just start living?

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