the overstated below aside.....this is actually not a bad piece of poetry.....and the passion infused in it makes it very powerful :)

The power to accept the things you can't control....what a load of utter bullshit. Find a secular group: you're replacing one addiction for another with a religious group like that. YOU HAVE CONTROL. Don't ever surrender it.

find the group that works for you... or people in NA that do. not every NA group is the same, but there are people there with time and 5 min. clean, one hour clean is another step of time cleaner than you were. unlike some, don't judge an entire countrywide organization by a percentage... there are people there who want to help and understand... good luck to you

seeing as everything i happen to say basically comes under fire from all sides now it seems... do whatever your heart desires... aside from that... nice write, keep your passion and your voice strong and my the world bless you with all you long for...

I wasn't firing at you, Doe. Would never. :) I really liked the poem. It made me rail against something that irked me anyway. Good emotional stimulus. :)

Oh the damn cult. Hello my name is dirty drug addict scum. I've done so much more drugs than you. let's brag. and sit outside getting giddy for the days when we freaked out and slid one in over again and again. you forget why you came untill you get to speak and utliize it. then you feel the forgiveness that god might have brought had you thougt of him first. I hate NA. It's a recruiting tool for Jesus freaks and control idiots who got a little too impotent from the drugs. The talking is good though. everything else is shit. Try S.O.S. Secular organization for sobriety. if the State/province your in hasn't made Twelve Steps, or twelve tribes, your rehab master. Bookmark. SMILEY :)