I've had no experience with AA, only with AlAnon, which saved my sanity when I was involved with someone addicted to alcohol and other substances.
From what I know of AA, I wouldn't call it a cult, but I do find the god stuff in 12 step groups offputting, but AlAnon was definitely worth attending for a year or so. I did notice many people who'd been attending meetings for years but that's their choice.
Cults invariably have charistmatic exploitative leaders who suck members dry financially, emotionally and often spiritually and none of that applies to 12 step groups.
As to addicts affecting the lives of others, you may dismiss that concept as an "AA mantra", but it's true. Addicts adversely affect their families, the community and the health and legal systems, or do you deny that?
In both the usa and here in Australia (and probably many other countries too) there's an epidemic of extremely violent crimes committed by ice addicts, including an incident earlier this year where an ice addict drove his car into pedestrians in a city centre, killing some and injuring many others.
Your response sounds to me like an addict's mantra.
IIN to be fed up with prejudice against alcoholic drug addicts?
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I've had no experience with AA, only with AlAnon, which saved my sanity when I was involved with someone addicted to alcohol and other substances.
From what I know of AA, I wouldn't call it a cult, but I do find the god stuff in 12 step groups offputting, but AlAnon was definitely worth attending for a year or so. I did notice many people who'd been attending meetings for years but that's their choice.
Cults invariably have charistmatic exploitative leaders who suck members dry financially, emotionally and often spiritually and none of that applies to 12 step groups.
As to addicts affecting the lives of others, you may dismiss that concept as an "AA mantra", but it's true. Addicts adversely affect their families, the community and the health and legal systems, or do you deny that?
In both the usa and here in Australia (and probably many other countries too) there's an epidemic of extremely violent crimes committed by ice addicts, including an incident earlier this year where an ice addict drove his car into pedestrians in a city centre, killing some and injuring many others.
Your response sounds to me like an addict's mantra.