"Church is for people who want to avoid hell. Spirituality is for people who have been there."
She might have been in her early 70s, but it was really hard to tell. She was a regular visitor to AA meetings, that much was clear.
It was also clear that she had been hurt or neglected by the church somewhere along the way. The observation she made was without a context -- a flat opening declaration that followed the required, "Hi, I'm _____ and I'm an alcoholic." And it was said with the kind of energy that only anger can fuel.
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