A friend of mine (at one time) was an alcoholic and went to AA meetings. I wrote a letter to her that I never sent but it's really a truth for me. This:
I was put into uncomfortable situations that I was too young to deal with.I didn't know the prayers, didn't want to and my skin crawled when I realized I was surrounded by incomprehensible weird practices and friends that were such superstitious people.Your world is eery and strange to me. I was an unwilling accomplice throughout my childhood and am now totally intolerant of people that think I MUST be like them, or I MUST listen to their religious chants. (my school forced the lords prayer on me unwilling and rebellious as I am)
Forget it Kathy. I am not you. I am not like you. I do not want to be like you. I don't want you and your religious friends to force me through one more prayer. The world is a lot larger than you have the intelligence to see. It encompasses hundreds of religions, thousands of beliefs and they are not yours. And no one else is shoving them down YOUR throat!
I guess I"m a little touchy on the subject.