A & E Intervention

I just watched A&E intervention show and thought I would post my comments on it. Personally, I never had an intervention done on me (unless you consider having guns pointed at you by the police to make you stop an intervention)Anyway, if you watched the show you will notice not one word was said about what causes addiction. You just saw 2 people destroying their lives, hitting bottom, and then encouraged to go to "treatment". The viewer is not told what treatment consists of nor given any idea how successful it is. The two intervenee's are then shown post treatment staying clean. However, I want to point out a couple of facts. I dont know of any specific studies of the success rates of people who underwent intervention but we can look at some other success statistic.For intervenous drug users the success rate is less than 20% and there is no reason to think it isany higher for intervenee's. Here is a link to a story of success rates:http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/drugs/a/blnida031227.htmThere is a high success rate of getting people into treatment (92%) according to some websites:http://www.addictionintervention.com/intervention/success_rates.aspBut that is not the same thing as long term success rates which are dismal as I have pointed out.The "treatment industry" as a whole does not understand addiction nor what to do about it.They are the blind leaders of the blind. They are so mixed up they think addiction is a "disease".http://Christianrecovery.blogspot.com


See also the article on this site: Does Alcohol/addiction treatment work

Repentance

Jesus said "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand"But what exactly is Repentance? Its not a word used a lot here in Modern America. What does the dictionary say about it:

Main Entry: 1re·pent Pronunciation: ri-'pentFunction: verbEtymology: Middle English, from Old French repentir, from re- + pentir to be sorry, from Latin paenitEre -- more at PENITENTintransitive senses1 : to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life2 a : to feel regret or contrition b : to change one's mindtransitive senses1 : to cause to feel regret or contrition2 : to feel sorrow, regret, or contrition for- re·pent·er noun


Here is one example:Several years ago after the breakup of a destructive relationship I was driving down a country road. Up until this time I had lived in illusion and believed I had "loved" this women and that I had been hard done by.Then all of a sudden in a moment of clarity I realized that I had not loved her at all. I realized that I was selfish. It was an incredibly painful experience and I felt like I was dying, I wept.

Afterwards there was a sort of peace that I had faced up to the Truth. That is repentance and that is what God wants from us.To admit to the Truth. And for some of us that is very, very painful because we have been very, very sinful.

Mark 2:17-19 (King James Version)
17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

"Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free”

Has Alcoholics Anonymous Lost its way?

HAS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS LOST ITS WAY?


I have been a member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 28 years. AA has become a worldwide and an American Institution. Treatment centers throughout the United States tout the 12 steps and Christian Churches in the USA provide meeting places for Alcoholics Anonymous. It is not polite to criticize AA. But countless American depend on AA and its teachings, so it is legitimate to ask “Has AA lost its Way ? ” I say it has.Its not that there is anything wrong with the 12 steps. AA’s founder, Bill Wilson, rightly said that the principles of the 12 steps came from the bible. Consider what one early AA member had to say years ago:One morning, after a sleepless night worrying over what I could do to straighten myself out, I went to my room alone-took my Bible in hand and asked Him, the One Power, that I might open to a good place to read-and I read. "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?" That was enough for me-I started to understand. Here were the words of Paul a great teacher. What then if I had slipped? Now, I could understand. From that day years ago, I gave, still give and always will give time everyday to read the word of God and let Him do all the caring. Who am I to try to run myself or anyone else?*Times have changed since then. All references to the Holy Bible have been taken out of the later editions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, and not by accident. But that’s not all.AA has a tradition which states:“No AA group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate AA, express any opinion on outside controversial issues”Despite this fact, AA has taken a position of subtly and not so subtly endorsing homosexuality. There are many examples but one will suffice. Contrast that previous statement by an early AA with this statement by a modern AA:In A.A. today, I know sober leather fans, transvestites, and members of every other sexual group there is. But the only important thing here is that we are all human beings, all alcoholics, and all in A.A. together.*The sad fact is that the Gay Rights movement has infiltrated Alcoholics Anonymous and its literature. Being Gay is equated with being Jewish, Black, or Native American on the Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Website: http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/english/E_Pamphlets/P-13_d1.htmlDon’t get me wrong, I don’t think Gays and Lesbians out to be excluded from AA, but only told that sin is sin. Anything less is a disservice to everyone, and contrary to the will of the Creator whose blessing we all seek.AA has lost its way, and should promptly admit its wrong.*The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, First edition**My name is Padric, and I'm and Alcoholic (gay)

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