Good first post... congratulations!
How does it feel to breath actual air again?
Put your dependance upon God.
He only requires ONE step... of faith.
1. Knowingly or not, AA functions like a liberal
petrie dish. Self loathing is required as litmus for
“growth”. As long as you feel badly, there is a
certain amount of absolution and a huge amount of
sympathy. Who doesn’t want or need either? It’s your
new “monkey”. Self loathing serves the puppet master,
because in the end it leads to America loathing.
2. To be right or to be happy? What a stupid
pairing of concepts. To be right (correct) is a
virtue. To defend your position vigorously and
persuasively is required to be a functioning
INdependant (not dependant) adult. According to
AA’s self loathing subtext, to be happy would be
a selfish indulgence. So do they want you to loath
or love yourself? Which is it? Can’t have both.
3. Interesting that your AA group is saturated with
mindless liberals. Would anyone know if this is common?
The Twelve Step group that meets at our church is by far
liberal and enabling. Would it be safe to draw some
conclusions about addictions and liberalism? Is there
data regarding the number of people who see the conservative
light once they are sober?
4. Try Rich Warren’s “Celebrate Recovery” Twelve
Step Christian based program. Not saying you will
find only conservatives in a Christian program, but
it might be less rabbid than the one you came from.
http://www.meetup.com/Celebrate-Recovery-New-Jersey/
Would it be safe to draw some conclusions about addictions and liberalism? Is there data regarding the number of people who see the conservative light once they are sober?
I just picked out this one section to comment further. I would be interested in seeing and data/info on your 2nd question above. So far, I haven't seen any.
As to your first question, the more I think about this aspect, I am coming to believe that my supposition in the original post is worth pursuing:
I've noticed that a lot of the people in the rooms carry around a lot of guilt with them over their past behavior. I fully understand the point of Steps 4-9. I get it. But what I sense is that a lot of people in the rooms still "feel very badly" about what they have done in the past (I still do at times), even after long periods of sobriety. Since they don't want to "re-join the debating society" and are often deathly afraid of their "stinking thinking," it seems to be human nature to gravitate to the easy answer. In this case, to align themselves with the party that claims to be "for the people, esp. the disadvantaged and other so-called victims," the party that talks about "social justice" without ever really explaining what it is. In short, if you feel real guilty about your past, are trying to "live a better life" now, and are too afraid to be willing to actually "think" about anything like this, or engage in any "debates," are you very susceptible to become and/or remain a useful "tool" that blindly supports a leftist/Statist agenda?
I really think that many people in the rooms have fallen into this trap. And, because so many of them attend a meeting almost daily, they keep hearing the same indoctrination, over and over. And if, think about it, if you spend almost all of your free/social time within that group, you really don't have much of an opportunity to meet others, and explore alternative sources of information, news, and history. In a way, they are completely trapped within their ignorance.