Fornits
Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Straight, Inc. and Derivatives => Topic started by: Mel on July 06, 2008, 08:47:20 PM
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So I was on Step 1 for 3 months. Something that was said to me repeatedly, specifically by Andrew Morton was "Why are you fighting? If you're not an alcoholic, you wouldn't fight giving it up". Of course I'd only drank once, but that's besides the point. If I wasn't an alcoholic I should be okay with admitting all that I'd done before AARC was wrong, and a life of AA is better.
I would like the AARC staffers to try if they would to use that same mentality on themselves. If you are not brainwashed, then why fight life outside of AARC? Why fight everything that is said here? Why react in anger to a post regarding a murder and defend abuse like denial of bathroom privileges - which weren't even mentioned in the post? If you are not dependant on AARC and the AARC community, why not take some time away from it and be open minded to a different way of life?
If you are truly a recovering addict or alcoholic, what does your "recovery" depend upon? If you don't attend a meeting, will you crumble?