Posted on 02/13/2014 10:34:24 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
My faith is uplifted by their testimony. And in their recovery and testimony, I see the hand of God.
Sheeesh...... a hit piece on Alcoholics Annonymous-never thought I’d see that.
Understood, but it is a barrier to drinking. The author makes it seem that nothing like that exists.
Some of us have not bought into the 114 character limit (or whatever the Tweeters do) and appreciate a post that is quite relevant to the thread.
Italians are our friends.
Really! About as surprising as know-it-alls mounting their soap boxes to sort everyone else out. I happen to like recovery threads, even when they degenerate to a poo flinging fracas. There is value in seeing mania on display. It makes me check out myself, I hope.
I figure there are hurting folks reading out there. My advice is to give AA at least a hearing - in person.
My first meeting was 18 years ago. I left thinking it was nice and all that for that bunch of pitiful specimens, but not needed for me. My second meeting, ten years later...well, things had changed.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that.
As soon as I see italians and html code on my keyboard, I’ll use them. Or even if I can just copy & paste back & forth from MSWord.
It’s not about the program itself, it is about the individuals willingness to work the program.
Addictions are very hard to overcome because the substances people embibe actually alter the brain’s physiology. This is why the call to use personal willpower is so misplaced. This also accounts for the rate of relapse. But if a person can actually submit themselves to their recovery and work on it each and everyday, there is hope.
The striking contrast in this story is that Lance Dodes wrote a book exhorting his theories about conquering alcoholism while the Big Book of AA was written by the first 100 alcoholics who had actually recovered from alcoholism. Key word - RECOVERED. When I see a book written by 100 people who give their testimony of how they recovered from a spiritual malady (which Dodes does not even acknowledge), then and only then will I consider its validity. But until that happens, I can only laugh anyone who realistically believes in encouraging "addicts to complete small, realistic goals such as slowly reducing alcohol or drug use." Anyone proposing this simply does not understand my nature.
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