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Originally Posted by jacqueline1110
Pachyderm, I highly think AA is the ticket, and I'm not even an alcoholic! Alanon and ACA were helpful to my situation, but I went to an AA meeting every day for awhile when I was in my twenties, they are more popular, I did desire to quit drinking, so I made the requirements. Till this day I agree with what I learned there.
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It's good that AA worked for you. I remember being at only one actual AA meeting, but I attended a number of 12-step meetings at one time. The thing that sticks out in my mind about the AA meeting was one person virtually in the throes of despair and panic -- and the response he got was -- nothing. No one said anything. I got the impression that it was supposed to be "tough love" in which -- you sink or swim. Some people sink.
The 12-step programs I attended struck me too much like cults. Saying they gathered around and sang "Kumbayah" is an exaggeration, but it seemed to me there was a whole lot of "right-think" or political correctness, or touchy-feely, but not enough that I could see was genuine.
Of course, you could say that I should "take what is good for me and leave the rest" but it seemed to me that would be leaving the group. It's all my own fault,
of course...