Interesting that you brought that up, since that, rather than the "miracle" seemed to be the storyline. While AA is successful, I thought the protrayal of the dad when he "learned" he had a disease was hilarlious and in many cased right on. First, he confined himself to a wheelchair. Then he went to the "miracle" to be healed of his alcoholism. talking to the others..."What is your disease?" "Cancer." "Well, mine is alcoholism. I have a really bad case." The character assumed no accountability for his problem.
Of course it was extreme. That's how satire is done.
Which demonstrates only a superficial understanding of the 12-step philosophy, whose first step is "Came to understand that I was powerless, that my life had become unmanageable."
For most alcoholics, it's not enough to just put the cork back in the bottle. It takes a complete change of life. The alcoholic who just stops drinking -- South Park's simplistic "solution" to Stan Marsh's imaginary problem -- is just a dry drunk, a relapse waiting to happen. For the solution to be permanent and effective, there are 11 more steps to go through, and dodging accountability is absolute anathema to that process.
This strikes me as the childish whining of someone who was caught driving drunk and forced to attend AA. Does anyone know if that happened to Parker or Stone, or someone in their inner circle, recently?
That was hilarious. Stan goes to the AA meeting and tells them that "you told my Dad that he has a disease. You can't do that, he's a hypochondriac..."