Posted by alan on August 28, 1999, at 6:51:13
In reply to Alan, are you talking about Alcoholics Anonymous?, posted by Susan on August 15, 1999, at 19:20:22
> Alan, are you referring to Alcoholics Anonymous as a cult?
I'll just say this. There are many people who seem to have derived immense benfit from AA, and I would not want to say anything that could even possibly maybe be an occasion for them to stop gaining those benefits.And I should have been much more careful in my use of words. "Cult' has become one of those terms that should be outlawed by the word police; folks have become more interested in whether or not X is a (shudder! shudder!) cult than in what X does for or against human welfare.
I do think scientifically trained and comitted people should begin to have more influence in the field of drug abuse treatment.
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