2007-05-28 00:48:18 · 11 answers · asked by Jim 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have been a relapsing alcoholic for many years now. I commend the guy who is 3.5 years sober, and I have tried AA many times, and I already believe in God. Maybe my sponsor was not a good choice, but I had many misgivings about letting go of my boundaries and ego especially when I have always believed these to be instrumental in survival. Being addicted to alcohol is bad enough, but the AA offer too much gloom. Be like us or you fail. Sorry, God can help me and I'll give him credit, not myself, but I do not need to be in meetings that are full of "old timers" showing off about how many friends they have buried, and why me as a newcomer should obey. If I do not challenge AA and its obvious recruitment techniques to bring people to God, rather than get them sober, I would feel wrong. AA give false statistics, because it is a FACT that people who undergo no such program stand the same chance of recovery from AA. That being 5% a year. It is a flawed and dangerous cult.
2007-05-28 01:03:04 · update #1
No. It's a therapy.
2007-05-28 00:50:48 · answer #1 · answered by Minerva Ashford 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can start an AA group. It has a generally religious aspect.
I read an article about one that is VERY cult-like. They even pick boyfriends for the female members and encourage them to make the "rounds" of all the male members.
2007-05-28 07:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No way, Jim. I'm an atheist and I go to AA. Been clean + sober for over 2 years now. It's a place to talk with people who are just trying to live life one day at a time without having to drink or get high to get through it.
2007-05-28 07:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by purpledeucegirl06 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No and it's not christian either. They need to believe in a being higher then themselves. That is what I've been told by several people I know who were in AA.
2007-05-28 07:52:23 · answer #4 · answered by Janet L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, but one of the 12 Steps involves giving your self to a higher power. Bill Wilson, the founder of A.A. was a Christian.
2007-05-28 07:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think AA is Alcoholics Anonymous
and it is a meeting of people who are alcoholics and they want to change their lives, free of alcohol but they can't on their own
they share their problems to the other alcoholics and to their counselors
2007-05-28 07:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by Jay Rockz 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really. It appeals to a higher "spiritual" experience or power, but I don't see worship involved.
2007-05-28 07:53:43 · answer #7 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's mine! We have to believe in a higher power, most of us don't go to a different church, just meetings.
2007-05-28 07:51:50 · answer #8 · answered by Freakgirl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not a religion, but it has on more than one occasion been accused of cult-like behavior.
2007-05-28 07:56:00 · answer #9 · answered by j3nny3lf 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
never heard of it
2007-05-28 07:51:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋