A.A. and Hurricane Katrina I live in central Connecticut.  Central Connecticut is a world away, or so I thought, from the chaos and pain of Hurricane Katrina.  I was surprised this morning when a Refugee from Hurricane Katrina showed up at the Big Book meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.  This A.A. is a Connecticut native now living in New Orleans.  She was in Connecticut for a wedding when Hurricane Katrina struck.  

She talked about how the A.A. meetings she attends in New Orleans are really mixed.  They are mixed socially, economically and racially. She talked of how she is sure that many of her A.A. friends are directly affected by Hurricane Katrina.  She went on to say that she assumes that some of them are probably lost. “But” she said, “I am powerless over Katrina and all I can do right now is pray.” What a lesson she was to all of us this morning.            ¶ 9/06/2005 11:13:00 AM