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It ain't what they call you; it's what you answer to. ~W.C. Fields

We all know about the SASTOs (Some Are Sicker Than Others) and the SAWTOs (Some Are Weller Than Others) in the Program. The problem is that we aren’t smart enough to predict which is which. It’s been said, “Never bet on a drunk either way: to achieve sobriety or fail to grasp it.” Seeing a newcomer, we might smirk, “Oh, she’s just here to flirt with the guys. She’ll never make it.” Thirty years later, however, that same woman may be leading a spiritual retreat that we are attending. Perhaps, because we are in such awe of how “spiritual” a man seems, we put him on a pedestal next to Bob S., Bill W., or Ron R. only to be 12-stepping him next month. Our job is not to predict who are the SASTOs or the SAWTOs. Our job is to be here whenever anyone, anywhere reaches out for help.

Anyone in the Program may call me a SASTO,

just as long as I answer as a SAWTO.

Who would ever have believed that anyone as sick as I was, at that time, would become part of something so beautiful, an organization that has helped so many people?

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 337