Why are all the old-timers in Alcoholic Anonymous meeting so depressing?!

Why are all the old-timers in Alcoholic Anonymous meeting so depressing?

Studies have shown that if 100 people joined AA today, only 2 would still be in there after 10 years (see: orangepapers.org) Those people are usually the most depressing people at the meetings, are usually chain smokers and are constantly drinking coffee. What has years of attending meetings and constantly telling yourself that you have a disease (with no cure) done to these people?

1 month ago
bmac-----If it's not true, how come a study on the sales of chips done with AA's own numbers show that over a 5 year period, for every 10,000 one day chips sold to AA meeting throughout the country there were only 20- ten year chips sold?

The oldtimers have been around long enough to realize that that the program doesn't work and they've wasted a good amount of their lives sitting in those rooms.

The worst part is: even though they know it's bs, where else are they going to go? In the rooms they get a little respect for being there that long, but in the real world, who cares?