These cultists seem to have an excess of will power or, they re-define the word.
I use ALL the will power available to discipline my self while participating in endurance sports. If I assign my will power and related self-discipline to the "powerless" concept found in AA, will I contaminate my self and become a loser or under achiever.
If one fails repeatedly while attempting a positive behavior change, is his "will power" eternally defective and NEVER to be used again? (slippery slope)
2006-09-14 03:18:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
*Shrugs* I dunno. Trial and error... determine the fault and make remedies then try again. Unless if there's no remedy at all then just quit it and that won't mean immediately that you're a loser.
2006-09-14 03:52:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mike N. D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quitting and the act of recovering is certailny an endurance sport! You are mistaking powerlessness as weakness, but in the AA context it is simply admitting an inability to deal with alcohol ( a biological condition that some people have). It takes a certain courage and strength to be honest about the trouble alcohol is causing. "Quitting" is not passive, it is an active process.
Never mind all your rationalizing and over-thinking. If you want to stop drinking go to AA and give it a listen for a few different meetings. If you don't want to stop don't go. It's much simpler than you are making it out to be.
2006-09-15 01:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by JEFFREY K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was unable to. I think the second step in any twelve step program is to realize that you are powerless and that the only way you can be healed is to surrender to a higher power. The group I attended said that your higher power needn't be God, it could be the group itself. If you look at the blue book, and the twelve steps, and you are like me, you will have problems assimilating. Your will power is essential. It is an act of will to even attend the first meeting, to continue, and to not drink when the group is not around. Without some resolve you will certainly fail. Groups do help, but I would just cast a sceptical eye toward any mumbo jumbo.
2006-09-14 11:13:43 · answer #3 · answered by ¡Razón! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i see what youre saying
the only possible way would be to make it clear to yourself that the ability to participate in endurance sports is dependant upon staying sober
so
in effect
apply the powerlessness to the addiction
and the purging of the adcition to a future in endurance sports
like the hip bones connected to the thigh bone, see?
you cant stay sober, without admittign youre powerless
you cant participate in endurance sports with out being sober
its called compartmentalization
2006-09-14 12:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by justsomedumbgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can if you leave the "GOD" part out of it.
But then most people who seek out AA believe in GOD and that this will help provide the will power they need to avoid drinking.
I don't go along with their "powerless" message, though.
I believe if one seeks AA treatment, they have to give and take out of it whatever they can.
2006-09-14 12:13:38 · answer #5 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
---Powerless over your addiction... not submission.
---"God as you know him." - Not reforming to a Southern Baptist regime.
It works.
2006-09-14 21:54:58 · answer #6 · answered by Wren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋