Just wanted to clarify my earlier Post.
I used the word “blame” when speaking of AA Meeting attendees who identify their Families as Contributors of their Drinking Problems.
Allow me to change that terminology. Instead of “blame”, I should say that they “invoke” their Family History into their Sharing with the Group.
As a witness to this, and as a NON Alcoholic I only attend one AA Meeting a Year to support my Father, my take it that they are shirking their Personal Responsibility and looking for a scape goat.
Again, that is how I analyzed it and it may not be the case.
Didn’t mean to let my viewpoint blur the personal experience of the AA Meeting Attendees I was referring to.
I won’t speak for others, but when I have spoken about my family background at meetings, it’s used as a way of giving some context to my particular story.
Alcoholism has a wide impact on those who suffer its grip, and recovery from it takes time and can be an arduous journey.
I’ve been to more than a thousand meetings and have heard and seen all sorts of things that I didn’t agree with. But I always try to keep in mind that their recovery is truly their own, and I can’t judge the quality of it. I just hope that the life they have is better than the one they’ve left behind. However that happens is up to the individual.