[dwmoeller]

O is for On Reasons for Joining AA

People who come to AA for anyone but themselves are trying to swim with concrete flippers--it can be done, but it's a whole lot more difficult than it needs to be.

Again and again, we see people who come to AA because of their wives, husbands, bosses, judges, and so on. Unless these folks come to terms with their denial and compliance (for example, "I'll agree to anything, if you'll only shut up.), they have less than average chances of success, If I'm not in AA to save my own fanny, I will most likely not get better.