Will #XA Meetings Online Keep You In Recovery?

One would have to be in some form of denial to discount the inherent benefits of attending f2f meetings. Still, there's this pervasive assumption that a large percentage of people in recovery *live* within a reasonable distance to any fellowship's meetings. This isn't necessarily so. Welcome to recovery in rural America where if meetings are scarce, then literature, telephones and broadband (if available), may be a 12-stepper's only reliable safety net.