My OPINION, allow me to repeat...my OPINION after spending over 20 years in the field, after spending countless hours in both undergrad and grad school pouring over the academics surrounding such issues, and lastly after experiencing what I did in my own stepcraft based program, it is my OPINION that sobriety is analagous to your favorite drinking glass in the kitchen. It may look pretty as it sits in your favorite cabinet (cupboard in Canada?), but the days are numbered. It is destined to fall to the ground and shatter into a million pieces, eventually. You can try to care for the fragility of it all day and night, but eventually and more than likely, the glass will be broken. If you die sober, kudos to you. You should be commended for living a life of conviction and determination. However, if you do not, then you fall into a categorically common statistic.
I hope your sobriety works for you and I am glad that AARC has played such a significant part in improving your quality of life. However, frankly I think (again, my own OPINION) is that AARC has adopted some very controversial and possibly even dangerous treatment modalities used to treat adolescents in need.
Maybe indeed this board has gone downhill as you mentioned, but it is undeniable that it provides for a great medium for those in favor of the program to speak out against those opposed to it and vice versa. Yes yes?
You suggested a meeting...I haven't the time, I have an appointment to smoke a joint as fat as your left arm in about an hour.
:smokin:
