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Originally Posted by emgreen
There are some AA diehards who claim one shouldn't take any drugs at all...
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A.A. does not require people to stop drinking or to stop anything else, and neither does it ever speak against anything...
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"We are careful never to show intolerance or hatred of drinking as an institution...we are not witch-burners..." (page 103)
"...no opinion on outside controversial issues - particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion. The Alcoholics Anonymous groups oppose no one...express no views whatever." (Tradition Ten)
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Instead, A.A. is for people who have a *desire* to stop...and then the Steps lead the sufferer toward "a sufficient substitute" (page 152) in order to make sobriety bearable.
Would I trust someone as my sponsor or spiritual advisor who is still smoking dope or "popping pills" or whatever in place of drinking? Of course not, but only because I came to A.A. with a desire to live drug-free* and would still be looking for something different.
*note: In my own mind, "drug-free" and never taking a prescribed med are *not* the same thing.