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In reply to the discussion: Alcoholics Anonymous has a terrible success rate, addiction expert finds [View all]astral
(2,531 posts)Set itself up next to our AA room, more or less the same timeslot. A few of us wandered in there before our meeting to check out the general tenets of the group, but there were only the two chairpersons waiting for someone to show up. What i recall is, you dont need God, you dont need to keep going to meetings, and eventually you can drink again in moderation.
We kidded that all you need to start another meeting is a pot of coffee and a resentment. The r.r. Group never got off the ground there, as far as i know.
There are some black and white opinions in the rooms of AA, but those are personal opinions, but based upon experiences that people have. 'if you want what we have you have to do what we did' but the way people say the program works has been morphed and diluted a bit over the years. Human beings will do that. Thankfully the written instructions are still intact for those who want to follow them.
It baffles me how antagonistic people can get about it here. If you want it come on in, if you dont go ahead and leave, if you change your mind come on back. Do what we tell you or dont do what we tell you. That pretty much covers it, so why all the anger? Remember it wasnt AA who started the court ordered attendance.