Posted by mama141 on November 17, 2005, at 19:18:22
In reply to Re: Very debatable, posted by alexandra_k on November 16, 2005, at 23:28:56
I am not certain that I understand your opening statements. However, I cannot disagree that for SOME people AA may be the only answer they are aware of.
For me, it took twenty five years to realize that AA was as addicting as the booze and the pills and that there was another, better way.
Mama> and sometimes... sexual abuse.
> and sometimes... homosexuality.
> and sometimes... a females expressed desire to not have sex.
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> denial.
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> hmm.
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> ;-)
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> i will say at this point... that a lot of people are helped by aa / na attendance. and that is a terrific thing. a really terrific thing indeed. i think... people should take all the help they can get (i mean... they go because they aren't doing so well by themselves). there are a lot of really terrific people who go to those meetings. and there are a lot of people with really very inspiring stories as to how they managed to turn their lives around. and sometimes... that is what one needs. and it helps. and i think that really is a very wonderful thing and i do not want to take that away from them at all.
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> i just...
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> wish their 'party line' was a little different...
> more in synch with the scientific findings...
> more open to alternative ways of doing things...
> more open to supporting people in the way the person chooses to do things...
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> but thats the 'party line'. fortunately there are a lot of terrific individuals who attend who are more or less attached to the 'party line' and if one is fortunate enough to find people who help, ideas that help then more power to you i say...
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