You are so missinformed its scary. First of all I agree with you that most individuals within AA are weak and cannot cope with their problem without going to a meeting once a day. Now, where your totally wrong is that there was no single person who contributed to the big book and no the founders of aa, dr.bob and bill wilson did not die rich... at all. Also there is nothing in aa that suggests you find a substitute for your addiction, you just assumed that because that is the natural thing for an addict/alcoholic to do when they first quit. Nextly, AA is based on the principles of the Oxford Group, a colaboration of wealthy christian scholars who felt an emptyness in their lives and worked on a solution to find fullfillment outside of materialism. These principles are not necessarily christian, rather are universial of all forms of spirituality and that is that you must believe that there is a power greater than yourself that has the capacity to guide you to your potential and that you simply cannot control everything in life you need to be guided, etc. I could go on but im bored. Don't be so judgemental of AA, it actually has saved a lot of individuals that are commited to the 12 steps/principles, even though most *beep* that go to AA are weak minded fools that cannot comprehend the actual meaning of AA that the founders intended, rather they cultishly adhere to the principles they want to adhere to and cannot cope with their addiction unless they go to meetings ever/every other day.
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nelliewilson
12 years ago
Missinformed? I wish. They offer coffee at AA which is another addictive drink. It's a substitution of an addictive substance, albeit, a less dangerous one. It isn't written in the fvcking book to trade vices and I never said that it was. One of their steps is to seek guidance through prayer and to worship God or a higher power without regard to what ones religious beliefs might be. No sh!t it was written by Christians. Predominantly, one single Christian. Whether the person actually ended up wealthy I can't say for certain. If he did not, he apparently wasn't a very smart businessman. In the U.S. it has recently become illegal for a judge or probation/parole officer to order someone to go to such meetings because they are religious even though they aren't deemed religious. Unfortunately, before this was decided I was forced to attend several meetings. I get a good laugh when I think about the wealthy Christians scholars who felt the need to start up another group and write another book because they felt an emptiness in their lives. Perhaps it was God's will for them to be pathetic.
" The rug really tied the room together, did it not? "
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