Someone's a teensy-weensy bit VEXED in East Kent!

Through that miracle of modern communication – the AA grapevine (no! not that ONE!) – faster even than a speeding bullet we've learned that not everybody in East Kent is a happy Easter bunny! It would seem that our dear old friend Harry K (he who hails from across the pond and has an absolutely appalling dress sense – yeah! that one!) went into a bit of rant in Birchington (a rather nice little hamlet in East Kent although the smell of cabbages from the nearby fields is sometimes rather overwhelming) recently. His usually STRONG message of recovery (or at least he thinks so) was somewhat overshadowed by an almost – dare we say – unhealthy preoccupation with yours truly! Apparently the aacultwatch site was mentioned from time to time with our hero appearing somewhat aggrieved at our less than complimentary coverage of his activities in these heathen lands. Now we would never describe Harry as being a shrinking violet. Indeed the fellow seems to be more than happy to grab the limelight at every opportunity. For some years now he has made it is his holy mission to carry THE message to any hapless native who has the misfortune to cross his path. Harry hails from that particular fundamentalist school of thought (although it is doubtful any real thinking takes place!) falling under the umbrella of the Primary Purpose gang with his group even listed in its directory (ie. an outside affiliation). The group goes by the name of …. wait for it! … WAIT FOR IT! …..Herne Bay Big Book Salvation (Wednesday)! Ta ra! … Oh dear! How embarrassing! But never mind..... we all suffer from a bit of grandiosity from time to time! Now you're going to have to bear with us on this one. Does ranting fall under the category of having a RESENTMENT? And what do the recovery experts tell us we MUST do if we have a resentment? Well we seem to recall it usually involves WRITING IT DOWN IN YOUR STEP 10, SPEAKING TO YOUR SPONSOR ABOUT IT THEN GETTING ON YOUR KNEES and PRAYING FOR THE RESENTMENT TO BE REMOVED … or something along those lines....?? Still if Harry wants to have a good old fashioned rant then we quite understand. And of course it's all publicity for us isn't it! We're not complaining. But the funny thing is we'd almost forgotten about Harry. Thanks for the reminder!

Cheers

The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)

PS You can also catch Harry K performing with his sidekick Harry A (another pompous windbag!) at the Westgate-on-Sea Sunday meeting (see our Cult Where to Find) where they do a kind of double act.  Can be quite entertaining if you find Sundays too boring and you need a laugh.....