AA demands that you give up yourself to a "higher power". Once again, an attempt by the religious to spread their ignorance. Is there hope for those lost in addiction without resorting to belief in fairy tales? I am pretty lost in the booze, yet am still lucid enough to see reality. Is there an atheist AA?
2007-11-07 07:17:04 · 15 answers · asked by Ralishev 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No--there's not an atheist AA! But there are several organizations that don't require a belief in a higher power:
http://www.smartrecovery.org/
http://www.rational.org/
http://www.secularsobriety.org/
http://www.womenforsobriety.org/
And for those of you that say AA doesn't demand a belief in anything, I offer a quote from the Big Book (Page 44):
"To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face."
Sounds like a demand to me!
2007-11-11 05:17:22 · answer #1 · answered by Helen W. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-28 13:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know any, sorry. But I can advise you just to be strong and believe in yourself. I stopped doing drugs a couple of years ago.
One thing that may help is staying away from your drinking buddies. If you're trying to stop and you keep hanging around them, the temptation to drink will be there. That's what I did. I cut off all my friends who I used to do drugs with. I've been off drugs for more than two years.
2007-11-07 07:26:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
AA only works if you want it to, with or without the "religious" additives. The most successful are the ones who just make up their minds, put the bottle down and go "cold turkey".
2007-11-07 07:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The same goes for NA.
When the courts made me go to drug rehab I asked that too.
They said following the twelve steps was the only way yada yada but then later they said that only like some 11% who go through rehab don't ever relapse again
excuse me..
*flick* *flick* bubble bubble whoosh *cough* ahhhh
(how's THAT for HIGHer power?)
2007-11-07 07:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
AA doesn't care if you choose a door knob for a higher power. You don't have to be a believer to get benefit from a twelve step program.
2007-11-07 07:20:47 · answer #6 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your "higher power" can be anything. "For the greater good of mankind" if that suits you. Your higher power can be a panel of 5 people you admire and trust......not all that go are bible thumpers.....most, even if they believe in God feel he's pretty much done with them and it's an aspect of the program many struggle with.
2007-11-07 07:26:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes: http://www.rational.org/
2007-11-07 07:21:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The local Bar, oh no wait that the support group, sorry.
2007-11-07 07:22:58 · answer #9 · answered by LaptopJesus 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You are mistaken, AA does not "demand" that.
Are you looking for excuses?
2007-11-07 07:23:34 · answer #10 · answered by Moon :) 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋