This was a journal entry I had to write for class. We were discussing what would make up a perfect world for us and who we would let in and keep out. I don't think I really answered the question though.

"The whole topic of a perfect world relates to me very much. However, I don't think I've ever really sat around thinking about the types of people that I would want in a perfect world, but more about how I would fit into that world. I've never really felt like I fit in this world. I'm a recovering alcoholic/addict, so until just over 9 months ago I didn't think about anything, but numbing myself to this world I feel so out of place in. However, I'm learning to enjoy the world for what it is and realize I don't need to fit in. In the meetings that I try to get to when I have a free second, you come across all ages, sex, gender, race, religion, etc... and they are all brought together on one common bond; a defect. (Or several, depending on how you look at it.) The sole purpose of these people coming together is to help one another. There is no money made and no real authority. It's the very definition of altruism, and it's run completely by screw-ups. The outcasts of society are running their own little perfect society.
Do I think that model would make a perfect world? No. Do I want to live there? No. But, I do frequent that part of town to make me a better, more useful member of the world I do live in."