A Start

 Just because I walk into a Catholic Church does not make me a Catholic, walking into a Recovery meeting does not make me  someone recovering from my addiction.  But it is a start.  As a curious newcomer or searcher, being part of depends on why I walked in.  Maybe I am doing research for a school paper.  To watch is one thing.  To listen is something more.  But to listen, I have to shut up the critiquing mind.  Judgement gets in the way of incoming information.  If I come into something new, outside my comfort zone, I try to empty judgment before I even sit down.  Oh, and get there on time.