Posted by undopaminergic on August 31, 2021, at 12:39:50
In reply to Re: I'm creating an 11 step program » undopaminergic, posted by SLS on August 31, 2021, at 7:31:46
> > Incidentally, I know more people it worked for than not.
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> But at what cost? You spend 1/3 your waking hours in AA meetings. You are indoctrinated to believe ...
>Wow, you make AA sound like Jehova's Witnesses!
It isn't supposed to be like what you describe. But I'm basing this on the NicA book, and maybe AA is worse. And it is a book, so may not accurately reflect the real world.
> It felt cultish to me to be in room of AA members as they go through their rote rituals.
>OK, I believe you. It's just that there are no official rituals that I'm aware of. It is up to the members of a group what habits to subscribe to. Moreover, you can start your own group.
> Now, many of them devote 1/6 of their waking hours to evangelizing.
I would say these are the members who are sold on it. It's like when a drug works really great for you, you want to sing its praises to everyone who'll listen.
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> Perhaps this isn't as universal in AA as I think it is.
>I sure hope so, but I'm also sure you have a point.
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> I know for sure that AA is exactly what many people need.I guess that is my point. Many people can't do it on their own, and they need psychosocial support.
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