Liisantaku Street

The topic at my Finnish meeting on Liisantaku Street was emotional sobriety.  Although I shouldn't have spoken I did - I never let lack of knowledge about a subject put a damper on my desire to speak at length about said subject.  I am, after all, a tremendous liar.

One dude there talked about reading the opinion of a mental health professional that the normal human condition, on average, is a state of mild anxiety.  This makes sense to me as it confirms my inability to accept the fact that I am, after all, a mildly anxious man.  The soothing thing is that my mild anxiety is comforted by the knowledge that other alcoholics are also mildly anxious, and that's if they're really working a Program.

It's funny to walk into a meeting 5,800 miles away from my home and recognize almost everyone.

Just being somewhere else is the changing thing.  It makes the routine of being nowhere else palatable.