After I returned my rental car yesterday, I was en route home when I walked upon a young, white dude who looked lost. I asked him if he needed assistance and he told me he did. Anyway, I wound up walking him to his destination: an AA meeting. It was his first. And it was court-appointed. Turns out he had been arrested for driving drunk, crashing into a wall and trying to flee the scene. Luckily for him he didn't hurt anyone or himself. What he did, though, was receive a colossal, wakeup call. And a sentence of goin' to AA meetings and a revoked license. I asked him if I could join him in the meeting as his guest. He obliged, and there I sat for an hour, listening to the stories of many of the people there. And there were quite a few. The young dude said nothing. He simply sat there and took in everything he heard like I did. That was the second AA meeting I've ever attended. The first was a few years ago as a guest of a friend. I recall he didn't say anything at his first meeting either. Anyway, by the time the meeting was over yesterday, I think the young dude realized that he shouldn't have driven himself to the meeting since his license is revoked. I hope he did the proper thing today and took public transportation to work. Only God and he know if he did. I sure hope he did. I do truly believe he's learned his lesson. I'm just soooo happy he learned it without anyone getting physically hurt. He appeared to be a pretty cool dude. I wish him the best.
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