Does anyone think AA is a cult?

[Anonymous]

No, its a cult. :wave:

[Angola Cheeba]

I dont think that is accurate anon. They do it cuz AA is the only answer they have besides jail and they cant send everyone to jail. Oh, you can go to drug/alcohol therapy, but its basically the same thing and costs money. AA should deffinetly be a personal choice because if it isnt, there is no point in sending someone there. Say they may actually follow the principles and stuff, but they are forced to go before they are ready. Tehy wont get any assistance from it if they dotn want to be there. You have to want to change to change anything in your life, not because a group or a court or a person tells you to. You have to realize what you are doing isnt right for you and then change. If you dotn feel like what oyur doing is wrong then your not going to want to change. And much about it is weird and stuff. However I feel like if they want to do it, fine, thats their perogative. But you wouldnt send someone to church for driving drunk. Its their choice to be religious or not and the state shoudlnt be able to tell you what to believe. That would be wrong. But AA is very similar to religion and therfore its kind of the same thing.  
Amanda

[Anonymous]

Very true - you can't change unless you want to.  No one can force someone to change either.  The old saying " you can lead a horse to water - but you can't make him drink" really applies to everyone.

[Antigen]

Sure you can change someone against their will. You just have to break their will. And there are endless ways to do that. Not insignificant among them is the threat of incarceration.

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