My goal in interpersonal relationships is to never say anything about a person that I wouldn't say without that person being right in front of me. That being said I think that all of us need to blow off steam to our sponsors or a few trusted friends. I get frustrated with people sometimes, fully aware that the problem centers in myself and not in the other person. Still, we all need to do some harmless, private ranting and raving from time to time. It cleans the gunk out of the carburetor.
Happy people make me uncomfortable. Go be happy elsewhere. Please don't bubble, gush, or make joyous proclamations around me. I'm not in the mood. Content people I'm OK with. It's possible to be content and sullen at the same time. This appeals to my dark interior.
I think you're ready to get sober or you aren't. We have very little success convincing people that it's time to get sober.
A.A. is great but it isn't necessarily the answer for everyone. If you don't like the spiritual angle or the "suggestions" or the group-think, cool, go somewhere else, find some other path. Seriously. All we want is for people to get sober, not to get sober using our prescribed methods which - objectively - are flawed. We don't have a rip-roaring success rate.
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