Meetings are sometimes stressful and overdemanding.
Especially when summoned up with such short notice.
During the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, online meetings through applications like Zoom of Google Meet have skyrocketed.
After so many months doing home office, the pressure to perform and save face through a computer screen may seem overwhelming to many.
For alcoholics, drug addicts and their loved ones, the suspension of AA and Al Anon physical meetings deprived them of the much needed peer support and human warmth that online meetings seldom provide.