Remembering

It's great fun to be in a Recovery community
when people gather from far and near.
The old-timers share recalling times decades before
when desperation drove them to the rooms,
describing the crises, passing photographic proof
as evidence, and newcomers see
people working the steps, using the tools,
coming to meetings and finally see these have worth,
that if it's good enough through decades,
it merits attention now, to discover the merit
these actions have to transform newbies
into those taking 30-year chips.