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Yes but in this case you'd be sharing a meal with people who share your experience. They will understand your struggles since they are also struggling.

whitemary 4y ago
This just shows how little you have actually thought about the matter. Another deprived person does not negate the deprivation. Two wrongs don't make a right. Ignoring the root of the problem is only postponing the solution.
- vuln 4y ago
  I don’t know. It works for AA. Alcoholics understand other Alcoholics like no other. Having someone the same social status eating, fellowship, brainstorming, can be uplifting. At least that’s my experience.
  - MisterTea 4y ago
    > I don’t know. Correct. You did not factor in alcoholics who do not show up for AA meetings. Not all alcoholics are the same.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > did not factor in alcoholics who do not show up for AA meeting A solution isn't bad because it's incomplete.
    - Aeolun 4y ago
      While that is true, how many alcoholics that ever went to a AA meeting regretted it? Certainly discussing my anxiety with other people that had the same issue gave me a great perspective.
    - vuln 4y ago
      > Correct. You did not factor in alcoholics who do not show up for AA meetings. Not all alcoholics are the same. I am an alcoholic that didn’t go to meetings. Now I do. So yes I do know both sides. Kindly find someone else to shit and punch down on, thanks.
      - MisterTea 4y ago
        > I am an alcoholic that didn’t go to meetings. Now I do. I'm glad it worked for you but no where did I shit on AA or going to AA. You and everyone else really got this all wrong. edit might as well postt he rest of this: I merely pointed out that there are those who DONT GO. My friends sister is dead at 45 from drinking. Went to AA once said it was a joke and never went back, tried therapy didn't keep up. Family friends step daughter died at 37 from organ failure from heavy constant drinking. She never had any desire to seek help as if on a suicide mission. Lord knows those families tried to get them help. (Never mind the locals at the bar I knew who drank themselves to death in their 50's/60's with their pension money. So excuse me if I pointed out that no, AA isn't or doesn't work for everyone. Many simply don't go for whatever reason. And I am intimately familiar with mental illness and addiction both personally and surrounded by it via family and friends. So don't think I misunderstand the op, you or your path's to recovery.
- xeromal 4y ago
  Wouldn't deprived people have that in common. Seems like a good way to make friends.

whitemary 4y ago

This just shows how little you have actually thought about the matter. Another deprived person does not negate the deprivation. Two wrongs don't make a right. Ignoring the root of the problem is only postponing the solution.

vuln 4y ago
I don’t know. It works for AA. Alcoholics understand other Alcoholics like no other. Having someone the same social status eating, fellowship, brainstorming, can be uplifting. At least that’s my experience.
- MisterTea 4y ago
  > I don’t know. Correct. You did not factor in alcoholics who do not show up for AA meetings. Not all alcoholics are the same.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > did not factor in alcoholics who do not show up for AA meeting A solution isn't bad because it's incomplete.
  - Aeolun 4y ago
    While that is true, how many alcoholics that ever went to a AA meeting regretted it? Certainly discussing my anxiety with other people that had the same issue gave me a great perspective.
  - vuln 4y ago
    > Correct. You did not factor in alcoholics who do not show up for AA meetings. Not all alcoholics are the same. I am an alcoholic that didn’t go to meetings. Now I do. So yes I do know both sides. Kindly find someone else to shit and punch down on, thanks.
    - MisterTea 4y ago
      > I am an alcoholic that didn’t go to meetings. Now I do. I'm glad it worked for you but no where did I shit on AA or going to AA. You and everyone else really got this all wrong. edit might as well postt he rest of this: I merely pointed out that there are those who DONT GO. My friends sister is dead at 45 from drinking. Went to AA once said it was a joke and never went back, tried therapy didn't keep up. Family friends step daughter died at 37 from organ failure from heavy constant drinking. She never had any desire to seek help as if on a suicide mission. Lord knows those families tried to get them help. (Never mind the locals at the bar I knew who drank themselves to death in their 50's/60's with their pension money. So excuse me if I pointed out that no, AA isn't or doesn't work for everyone. Many simply don't go for whatever reason. And I am intimately familiar with mental illness and addiction both personally and surrounded by it via family and friends. So don't think I misunderstand the op, you or your path's to recovery.
xeromal 4y ago
Wouldn't deprived people have that in common. Seems like a good way to make friends.