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Author Re: Is A.A. a religious society?
JB

2004-11-06, 7:06 pm


"joseph white" <uglyvan420@excite.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:47:03 -0000, "JB" <JBCatRB@coldman.com> wrote:
>
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> You have been brainwashed by AA into thinking you're a person
> incapable of solving this alcoholism problem. You were robbed of

what
> that could do for your self-esteem by being convinced by AA that you
> weren't able to cope with it yourself.


Actually, AA teachings have given my self-esteem/sense of self-worth a
considerable boost. Two of the ways in which they have done this is
by enabling me to appreciate the importance of distinguishing that for
which I am responsible from that for which I am not and encouraging me
to keep practising making the distinction.

All that "higher power"
> poppycock did for you is to place your mind in the proper frame to
> defeat alcohol yourself.


You know for sure that I have defeated alcohol. You can see into my
future ?
>
>
> I admit that AA helps a person do what he couldn't easily do

himself,
> but it's AA that's doing it, not a gray-beard in the clouds


My HP is not a gray-beard in the clouds.
>
> BTW, no court case in which a person challenged a judge for

requiring
> him to attend AA on the grounds that it was really a religious
> organization has failed, so many men, in spite of the protests of
> some, concur that AA is a religious organization.


You're not the first person to post here that's given publicity to the
idea that AA is a religious organisation. Many who have done so
support the idea that Moderation Management can help all those who
seek to stop abusing alcohol. Probably, you won't be the last :^)

JB



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