"Dry Drunk" simple is someone who does not go to meeting and suffers because of this. HALT RETURNS....Hungry, Angry , Lonely and Tired. He doesn't drink.
Aha. So let me get this right. I defined "Dry Drunk" correctly in the other thread. A "dry drunk" is somebody who got sober without AA and is therefore considered to be miserable, despite the absence of alcohol. In other words, AA is about more than just quitting drinking. It's a "spiritual program". You learn what is essentially a religion, not a recovery program. If the goal was simply recovery, simply not drinking would be enough.
In AA terms, a "dry drunk" (apostate) can never be happy, just as Christians believe those without Jesus can never be happy, despite how happy their lives actually are. They see what they want to see, just as you see what you want to see, because you're terrified of the possibility there is another way and you've been duped. Those I know who quit drinking on their own you would look down with pity and disdain. Indeed "dry drunk" is perhaps the worst thing you can call a person in AA terms. Indeed it is insulting. It's a slap in the face to anybody who has quit drinking without AA. No recovery is valid in your eyes except for those through AA -- and you just won't realize how
blind you are.
What you don't realize is that you fell for a bait and switch. You joined the group to quit drinking and ended up getting sucked into what is essentially a religion.
A Calvinist religion whose philosophy ultimately denies the existence of free will. And because you believe it does not exist, because you believe you are in an impenetrable cage of powerlessness, you never bother to try the door to see if it's really locked. You know what I think? I think you're afraid to try. I think you're comfortable where you are. I believe you've found
happiness in slavery.
I personally don't give a shit about this stupid crap, here is another one 13 stepping, Someone with years picking up folks who just came in AA.
Me I first came to AA because I was in a 30 day treatment center after detox and they had meeting up in front of the building. This dude walked up to me one nite and said hey you want to get out of here for a hour. I said sure so off we went trotting off to my first AA meeting, man I hit that meeting and 4 of the sweetes honeys were sitting in the first row and I was hooked. AA was for me.
You went to AA to find pussy? How noble.
