The soggy noodle soup of melancholy, salty with constant weeping.
What do the Steps do?
Tip away the soup and give me real, grown-up food.
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The tragic heroine of the little girl lost in the forest, hunted by wolves, but with her trusty Al-Anon blanket, printed with sappy slogans, and a Tinkerbell Higher Power, a flash of light in the endless darkness.
What do the Steps do?
Show me there is no forest, and the wolves are really untrained puppies, tied on leashes. I need not approach them. If I have to handle them, Al-Anon's dog-handling gloves keep me safe and sound.
Lastly: they gave me a better purpose in life than being a vindicated victim.