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One more thing - if all these people had ME/CFS, they would not have been able to attend AA meetings. Several years ago I briefly considered going to Al-Anon again (though my ex is no longer in the picture) just for moral support because this illness is so isolating, but quickly realized I can barely get the groceries I need, much less attend meetings regularly. Your AA friends would have been bed or housebound for the most part if they had ME/CFS, just struggling to manage the essentials of survival.
When I met all concerned they were obviously not bed bound or housebound. But they all were at some point and had improved enough to not be when I met them. Some drifted in and out of AA as their symptoms changed. People in AA generally see it as a like or death thing and as such will come to a meeting even if it might make them feel awful physically. I know I have.