I was at a downtown Boston A.A. meeting listening to a speaker who was a sixty year old man, looked to be in pretty good shape, currently living in a sober house. He was an excellent speaker. He was the type of person you find who has lived in a subculture where going to A.A. is a part of a lot of peoples' lives and then not going to A.A. is also part of their lives. Its a subculture where people understand the chaos and violence associated with alcoholism and drug addiction...
