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Each of us are the narrators of our own unique stories, dramas and sagas. Journal of Journeys is a publication that takes pride in helping share those stories.

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Hi, I’m Here For The Gathering of Folks Who Say All Are Welcome But Never Act As If It’s True

4 min readApr 23, 2025

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And if I offended you, call your sponsor about it, I can’t be cancelled.

Photo Credit: Not The Fellowship

Oh boy, why do I insist on doing this? The pretentious holyrollers who put God first (behind their nicotine addiction,promiscuous activity and pursuits,lies, and downright debauchery in some cases,anyway) are gonna call for my head after this one.

Oh well, I care as much as the people who talk it but don’t live it do about anything or anyone outside of themselves-which is precisely the sum of 0 plus 0.

I figured I’d ‘keep it simple' for some of you, being at least a handful of you probably have the twelve step fellowship cliche' tattooed on you somewhere for the world to see how neat you are.

My question is, do you honestly believe, reasonable people paying even a lick of attention are buying into your front facing facade?

I didn’t at my first meeting I ever attended, nor the last or a single one of the hundreds between. And I sure as shit don’t now.

The irony of course being, when I was an active and regular member of such a said fellowship, I’d often hear folks (many of who are genuinely good people who do the right things as often as they…

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Brian Brewington
Brian Brewington

Written by Brian Brewington

Writing About the Human Condition, via My Thoughts, Observations, Experiences, and Opinions — Founder of Journal of Journeys and BRB INC ©

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