There is so much ignorance concerning AA it baffles me. Just because courts order you to AA doesn't mean AA had any input in this, really. Just because you find treatment centers, institutions, schools ect..use the 12 steps doesn't mean AA had any input in this. Last but not least just because you went to a AA meeting and everyone told you to "Fuck Off" and die doesn't mean AA had any input in this. AA is the GSO and the material they publish that's it, people. Nothing more nothing less. How every one interprets this information is their own business. I am not arguing that you find the material offensive fine, I at times find the material in the book offensive. A lot of women find the book offensive and so on. Just separate personalities from the principles. Most of you I have read do not like individuals who portray AA in a negative light.
Now if it is principles you don't like that is fine too, I do like the principles not much different then what my parents were trying to teach me. The twelve steps.
As a matter of fact they are hanging on a wall in the Head Quarters of "Stanley Works" in New Britain CT, or at least they were back in 1995 when I was there. Though altered in the writing a bit as to appeal to the general public. This was a gift presented to the Chairman/Owner of
Stanley Works by Bill Wilson himself.
They are basic principles of being accountable. Design for living.
Jeesh gots to make such a big scientific deal out of nothing, stop analyzing so much.
Danny
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