Pitty Party

This has been on my mind for most of the day, the "Pity Party". Anyone who attends AA on a regular basis is familiar with this stupid catch phrase. AA'ers (not all of them) have lost touch with the basic concept of a support group. I've been to around 1,500 AA meetings and I'm a bit sick of the ambiance set by the old cronies. These assholes believe an AA meeting can be botched up because someone, suffering from an overwhelming emotional crisis, shares their misfortune with the group. When I use the term "old cronies", I make no reference to the chronological age of the ass. There are plenty of young old cronies in AA.
The other night I was at a meeting and a woman began to speak of her struggles with alcoholism, became emotional and started to cry. Of course silence overtook the room and the woman, too distressed to continue, got up and left.
OK, so that's the way it goes, happens all the time. The part that disturbed me was after the meeting. This group likes to extend things out a little with fellowship activities following the meetings. That's cool and I like that part and do participate. You never know where we'll go, usually something different or mix it up, coffee, Perkins, etc. Well i was disappointed when we were having coffee at the comments coming from a couple of the cronies. Like, "Well that pity party ruined tonight's meeting", and "You know, that's not the kind of thing I wanna hear when I go to a meeting."
The point here is, these are the happy- happy, joy- joy people. Every AA group has them and they believe that AA meetings exist for the sole purpose of uplifting every ones mood and enthusiasm for sobriety. I believe this is definitely a part of it but room must be made for those that aren't to the point of teetotaling bliss. Everyone has to start at the bottom and when AA starts putting the newcomers aside then AA has lost sight of its purpose. As you well know I believe AA is washed out as it is.