Recovery

I have started attending a recovery Bible study at my church. The first night when I walked in, someone who knows me fairly well, walked up to me and said, What are you doing here?
I had been thinking the same thing about half the people in the room. This is how we isolate ourselves from each other, by assuming the best about everyone else, and the worst about ourselves. We assume that we can't reach out because no one else would be able to relate, and worse yet, they would judge us and we would lose face.

When I told my friend that I was headed out to my recovery meeting (LARALARALARA), she said, what are you recovering from, life?
I just thought this was the funniest thing. Because it is so true. I keep laughing about it today.

Last night, after a very intense meeting, I got in the car with a friend that is going with me, and I said, (jokingly, of course) Man, I think I need a drink.
Is this not like the most inappropriate joke possible to make after one of these meetings? I am really an awful person.