Alcoholics Anonymous simply put, is a cult. After going to several different meetings, in completely different towns I can give you this unbiased opinion, from someone sitting in their circle but looking in from the outside threw the window. Because no matter how hard I tried to except and relate to these people, take what they were saying with a grain of salt, and see a positive in their words and way of life, I honestly couldn't.
The name of the meetings are crazy enough; Beyond Before, Surrender to Succeed, Singleness of Purpose, Spiritual Awakening, Eye Openers, Primary Purpose... just to name a few. But don't get me twisted. My beef isn't with sobriety. Not in the least. What gets my grapes in a vice is the fact that before every meeting a speaker reads the following, "AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy neither endorses nor opposes any causes." And that sounds absolutely wonderful! You guys can help me get clean without pushing your morals and ideology on me, Hell sign me up! However its not until you start reading the steps that you realize what a bunch of hypocritical pietist bullshit it all is! So lets start with step two. I wont do them all, fuck knows there aren't enough hours in the day, and by the time i get threw half of them I'll probably end up smashing my mac in a disillusioned rage...
"Came to believe that a 'Power' greater then ourselves could restore us to sanity." These people have a problem with drinking and they act like they have a serious psychiatric imbalance. Besides the fact that they've already broken their claim to a non religious alliance.. but no worries they do that a lot. Alcoholism is not a disease! therefore alcohol is not the problem. You are! If it weren't booze it would be Crack, and if it wasn't Crack it would be Dope! Your obviously just a group of people that seriously lack self control. But its something you gotta get used to. Because they don't sell Bundles and EightBalls at the corner store.. but you can buy a bottle of booze and a case of beer just about anywhere. Because its become so socially expectable to just kick it and drink as a pass time or have a brew chillin on the side while your doin other things [like operating heavy machinery, or making important life changing decisions... JustPlayin] that you pretty much have to. If your under the age of fifty and you never drink your either one of the following; a religious fanatic, serious pot head, underage, locked up, a fucking geek, or mentally handicapped.
To complete step one you must first, "Admit to your powerlessness over alcohol" and thats dog shit. Thats what we in the business call passing the buck. Because if your powerless then its not your fault and you don't have to be held accountable for your shitty actions and decision making skills prior to this recent revelation. Not to mention the fact that its an extremely self loathing and pitiful way to live your life. Counting the days that you didn't do something just seems to be such a meager and depressing way to spend ones existence. So just as long as you go to meetings and repent, and never drink again your in the clear for all the years of being a degenerate derelict. Sorry buddy, not in my book. The way I see it you never truly learned anything... Your still the same irresponsible ScumBag you were before you joined AA and started living sober. Because you still cant go out with a group of friends and just have a drink with dinner or go to the bar and take a shot when your playing darts... your "Powerless" and you cant control yourself from bingeing into a belligerently retarded stopper and turning into the JagerMonster. Blacking out, breaking a bottle of Yuengling over your buddies girlfriends head, and eluding state troopers on a high speed pursuit against apposing traffic on the highway. And then you'll wake up, say you relapsed, and thats ok because relapse is just part of recovery and you'll start all over again... "My name is Bill and I'm an alcoholic... I have three days clean since friday... I've been in AA for 23 years..." Blow it out your ass Bill.. how about learning a little self control.. showing a little restraint... drinking two beers burning a joint and going to sleep?
AA is a fucking cult filled with a bunch of Delusional RightWing Evangelistic WackJobs. Once again don't get me pretzeled. I'm happy these people are sober, and no longer living the lives of drunkards. However; do not advertise your group as non religious or claim that your not "allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution"... because thats simply not true. The term God or Him is used eight times throughout the twelve steps. Almost every meeting I've ever heard of is held in either Christian or Catholic establishments. At the close of every meeting all members are to join hands in a circle and recite The Lords Prayer with heads bowed... I've never seen any Hindus leading any of these groups, and i haven't heard any Yiddish prayers being recited by its followers . Just because you use the term "HigherPower" doesn't change the fact that your mixing specific theology with much needed therapy, and thats dangerous on so many levels! These people read and preach their "BigBook" like its fucking scripture and spew meaningless sayings like, "To Drink Is To Die!" Who told the bitch she had to drink two handles of vodka to the dome in one sitting!? What the hell happened to responsibility and moderation? Rather then learning a little discipline, these BasketCases seek divine intervention where there's none to be found, and continue their loony self-absorbed lifestyles of turning mountains into mole hills, just like they did when they were "Using".
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