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Rachael:
Just remembered something odd...

When I was in AARC, they told us all sorts of random stories from the outside world; some true, some not so much.

I just remembered one thing that mildly disoriented me after I left.

The entire time I was in AARC, Dr. Vause and other "counsellors" told us that light bulbs could no longer legally be sold off the shelves in grocery stores as too many crackheads/meth junkies were stealing them to fashion into pipe-like devices.

When I finally was able to go into a grocery store many months later, I was shocked to realize that you could still buy light bulbs without having to explain yourself to a cashier.


Why did they make that up? I have no idea.


Just one more of the inexplicable little things from that place.

hanzomon4:
These people are pathetic, lying about the outside world...........

Anonymous:
I remember when you were in AARC those few days before you ran away. How does a new post regarding light bulbs and centering around your perceptions of AARC's sharing of the outside world strike you? A little odd as an off the cuff vent perhaps.....maybe they had a point....to see if you could reason on your own and stay focused on building a more centered psyche. Pray you are well and hope to hear from you soon.....

Rachael:
Alright, to address your post "Buck" bit by bit:


--- Quote from: ""Buck"" ---I remember when you were in AARC those few days before you ran away.
--- End quote ---

You may be saying one of two things here. (1) You were only in contact with AARC in the last few days that I was there. Or (2), you think I was in AARC for only a few days before I managed to escape. If (1), that's fine and I wonder who you are. If (2), your cognitive abilities may be lacking a little as I was in AARC on Step 1c for six full months before I ran.



--- Quote from: ""Buck"" ---How does a new post regarding light bulbs and centering around your perceptions of AARC's sharing of the outside world strike you?
--- End quote ---

This sentence doesn't seem to make much sense to me.... perhaps the subject matter of the post is not the most stimulating and intellectual, but that was not the point. I just remembered from far out of the distant past a very weird moment brought to me by AARC, and I commented on it.

That "strikes me" as being perfectly in context.

I suspect that you may have been trying to get at something else here, but I really can't figure it out. Feel free to elaborate.

 

--- Quote from: ""Buck"" ---A little odd as an off the cuff vent perhaps.....maybe they had a point....to see if you could reason on your own and stay focused on building a more centered psyche.
--- End quote ---

I agree with you! This was a very odd event. However, I don't believe as you seem to assert that the motivations for it were so innocuous. AARC's entire structure is based upon destroying a person's natural ability to reason and function normally and replace such abilities with a complete reliance upon AARC and later AA and Alumni groups to perform all reasoning for them. AARC intentionally removes all contact with society at large in order to be most able to influence the mind of the "client" undisturbed. They do this by restricting access to anyone not in the program (including family members) in person, by phone or any other means of communication; preventing access to all news media; disallowing going out in public in any way; restricting communication between "clients" such that conversation about outside events is strongly discouraged or completely forbidden; etc, etc, etc.

And one other means of cutting the ties between the individual and society is by promoting strange little lies like this one; thereby making the world as given to them by AARC different from that which actually exists outside those walls.


At least, that's my theory anyway.



--- Quote from: ""Buck"" ---[...]building a more centered psyche
--- End quote ---

And "building a more centered psyche" is certainly not either the stated purpose of AARC nor anything close to what I recall happening there.



Finally,


--- Quote from: ""Buck"" ---Pray you are well and hope to hear from you soon.....
--- End quote ---


I've heard this line so many times from disapproving AARCites. Right now, it particularly irks me, so I've created a post dedicated to it:

http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?t=20672

Rachael:
By the way, I've kind of taken out a lot of frustration on you (Buck) that is probably misdirected. You really didn't say anything offensive at all, I'm just not in a particularly forgiving mood towards AARC.

I apologize for likely coming across too severe, and I really don't mean to take it out on you personally. It's the institution that bothers me.

And hey, who are you?

If you know me, I wouldn't mind talking to you.

If you're not comfortable letting me know here, send me a private message.


Hope to hear from you soon.....


Rachael

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