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It's just me and God now, I figure I don't need the rest of it.

So I guess the admonition to not forsake the assembling of yourselves together as is the manner of some is no longer operative? The only place a person can be a solo Christian is in solitary confinement or on a desert island. Voluntarily putting yourself into that position is to cut yourself off from the rest of the body of believers.

I don't think this is what was meant. LA has found little help and guidance from professional religionists, I think. I think that's what she's saying. Too many people were "called" into the ministry who know little about the reality of the presence of God in the person of Christ who now resides in His people. Every true Christian finds others of like-spirit to fellowship with. In fact, some of the deepest fellowship I've experienced has been outside the confines of the edifice known as the local church. True fellowship cannot take place staring at the back of someone's head for an hour listen to someone certified as "seminary-trained" gives a monologue. Church, in the traditional sense, has failed many true believers. And "gathering together" doesn't have to take place on Sunday in the often highly-contrived, heavily-controlled environment of "church."