Strange NA concept, most other places, once you're out of the nest, you're on your own.

Can never imagine my parents doing that to me. Mind, I was raised kilt-minded so I had a head start, so did they, but still....

"A father and mother receive a frantic call from the hospital. Their son's just been hit by a car. They rush to emergency, "How is he?"
"Oh, it's terrible, come this way."
They see the emerg doctor, "How is he?"
"Just terrible, come and see."
They all come to the room and there's the surgeon, "How is he?"
"Oh, it's terrible. Just look at the state of his underwear!"

Anyway, as far as the start of the thread, yeah, I pick and chose how and what I answer. It's like Groundhog Day. You're going to get asked a thousand times, you can try a thousand different answers.