[Repealthe17thAmendment]

When the family of the client complained about the client’s rude, selfish and sometimes downright bizarre behaviors-the client would say “well that is just my dry drunk behavior-this is a selfish program”. Understandably, that attitude was not well taken, and before long, not even tolerated.

It is often misinterpreted as a selfish program. In reality, the 12 steps are designed to defeat the selfishness and self-centeredness that plague the alcoholic.

To be sure, there's no shortage of bad advice at an AA meeting!

[Texan5]

This was bad advice all right-and most of the complaints from families involved just ONE of the five AA meeting places in that city-the smoke definitely led to a source of combustion. Several comp insurance carriers signed a letter, along with the company I worked for to the local main office of AA-and received a convoluted reply that my boss called pin the tail on the client obfuscation. We agreed with those insurance providers not to make referrals to AA/NA or any other affiliates, but only to professional therapists-where accountability could be demanded-or lose our comp contracts. We complied-problem solved.