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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

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Thoughts on AA

Thoughts on AA

In case you wondered here are my thoughts on AA:

I think most of the principles in AA are good. I actually like the Big Book (3rd edition) and like the 1st edition even more.The new 4th editon is quite a downgrade from the original 1st editon. I dont however think AA is an organization full of spiritually enlightened beings. I think when you walk into a room of Alcoholics Anonymous you are walking into a room full of very sick (evil) people.

As you can tell by my recent posts regarding AA and homosexuality, I think it has become a somewhat liberal organization over the last 25 years. It has become accepting of things that most truly religious and spiritual people find an anthema to authentic spirituality. Worse, this is in violation of its own traditons, and AA has little ,if any, ability to look at itself and be reformed. It probably wont be.


AA has built up a lot of goodwill over the decades and many people dont realize what has happened to it in recent years.

Below is a link to the GSO website where being Gay is equated to being
black, native American, Jewish,or even young or old. The only trouble
is that all those other conditions are natural whereas being a
homosexual is a result of corruption and trauma; it is a perversion. It
is evil.

www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/default/en_about_aa_sub.cfm?subpageid=75&pageid=12



Although most of the ideas in the older literature are good. Some are not. This whole idea of the disease concept is a false teaching and harmful to the alcoholic. Dr. Bob , one of the founders of AA, had the following to say about this:

"Doc dwelt on the idea that this was an illness, but Doc was pretty frank with me.He found that I had enough faith in the Almighty to be fairly frank. He pointed out to me that probably it was more of a MORAL OR SPIRITUAL ILLNESS than it was a physical one."

That I can buy, but not all this nonsense about a disease and genetics that people want you to believe without convincing proof. In my opinion its a smokescreen and false belief for people unwilling to face up to the truth that there is something really wrong with them, not their body.BTW, I dont think Dr. Bob would be very welcome in many AA meetings today. Certainly the things he said would not be very welcome.

So yes AA has some value in my opinion. If it can help you find sobriety and start you on the spiritual path, God Bless you. In particular , the teaching about resentment and anger found in the fourth step is magnificent. If you can grasp that and apply it to your life, then I think you will be on your way to a Godly and blessed life.You could also get this self-same teaching out of the New Testament, and probably should.

However, if you make AA your whole life and attend 7 meeting a week and get your whole identity out of AA, then I dont think thats a good thing.I know there are some truly searching people who get their start in AA and grow beyond it. I think they are pretty rare however.

So there are my thoughts in summary. I dont expect this to be popular or well received by AA'S To a large degree, I dont think Truth is much welcome in AA today

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wholeheartedly agree with what you have to say about this matter. I think that there was an air of real spirituality in the founding of AA, esp. in the beginning Oxford group, but now spirituality can and is anything that anyone says it is in AA, whether that be making ones 'higher power' a doorknob, your sponsor, an organization, a group of people, or anything else. Spirituality in AA very seldom has anything to do with Jesus Christ and frequently those in AA meetings who state such beliefs are the minority and sometimes looked down upon as being narrow minded and bigoted.

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