Thursday, March 20, 2025

The Hangers-On

Occasionally at a Meeting
you'll get a tourist
someone without a drinking problem
(or to use the current nomenclature
Substance Use Disorder)
who just wants some group therapy
or companionship
on the cheap
lonely, awkward, self-diluted
they meet
(or claim they meet)
the only requirement for membership
a desire to stop drinking
these people used to bug me
but over time
and with no small amount of effort
this gave way to a detached pity
for those lost searchers
who wind up in the rooms
because they have no where else to go
yet fail to grasp their purview or purpose

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