Deprogramming Oneself From Alcoholics Anonymous Pt. 1

"When I first attended Alcoholics Anonymous, it was with an open, accepting attitude. My drinking had caused me problems, and I wanted to quit."

By Mike and B l A m E

Category:

Education

Tags:

• alcoholics
• anonymous
• cult

[Openmindness]

AA, in the beginning seems assist some in regaining a more, realistic insight about their consumption of toxins, now it seems that after a few years, people attending find it repetitive and narrow.Don't blame AA for anything, chose to go or chose to leave.

It seems as though a lot of others, have very deep and bitter reasons for leaving,and are understandably valid, to paraphrase resentments are highly destructive and addictive.Let bygones be bygones and move on.

[blamethenile]

@Openmindness Most people who actually come to AA willingly, wanting to quit are already have adequate realistic insight regarding their drinking habits. I was. AAers spent most of their time trying to convince us that we are diseased, dishonest, and powerless with little if any actual constructive input toward continued abstinence. Paraphrase all you like, many have put plows on their resentments to make serious, beneficial change. We did. Thanks for stopping by. Mike BD

[62bullwinkle]

I went to AA to help "get me started", and it worked quite well for about five years. They had some cult-like ideas( It was sort of like this cult-church I was in once) but like that church after I got away from it, it lost it's "hold" on me and I've been sober for the last ten years without them.

[blamethenile]

@62bullwinkle AA would have fewer critics if it had an exit strategy. Glad it has all worked out for you. Mike BD

[ra22xa]

anything that can help keep of the drink with its capacity for damage and destruction must be a good think... I guess with anything some people may go overboard and that can be true with following AA doctrines; as with any other doctrine.. I think if taken in the right context with a view to just staying sober; then AA is fine.

@blamethennile... why are you so cheesed off with AA and are you teetotal now??

[blamethenile]

@ra22xa I have been drug-and-alcohol-free for over 17 years. I am cheesed off at AA because it practices coercive recruitment, is dishonest about its methods and outcomes, and denies its own religiosity. Mike BD

[meddetect10]

I agree wholeheartedly with this video and it's message. AA will suck the ever loving life out of you! Then when you need some down time or some support, you end up with some hateful, judgmental GURU spewing those slogans you can already spout forwards and backwards because they have no knowledge or will of their own to advise you differently.

[FriendofDaishonin]

I denounced AA for the last time about 4 months ago. I believe that I broke the emotional attachment to the meetings. I have tried to just leave more times than I can count but it was always that emotional attachment that made me "keep coming back". It is pretty demoralizing when you realize that you have the same type of "allergy" to the meetings that you had to alcohol.

[MrBodypro8]

To bad about that sound track. I took my first cake. I went for 15 months and then drifted away. On January 21st 2012 I'll have eight years. I also quit a meth addiction cold turkey without rehab or intervention in 1996. I had also been using crack from 1988 until 1994. Binging. All this in Vegas where I lived for nine years. I left Vegas in '96 and I was still drinking. I packed it in in 2004. Without rehab or intervention. AA gave me a context but after a while, I couldn't take the premise.

[blamethenile]

@paulinapaulette Glad you are finding our stuff helpful. Thanks for posting. There are lots of resources out there for ex-members. Be sure to check out the links at the end of our videos. Mike BD

[paulinapaulette]

This video and ones like it are saving me right now. AA has taken ten years of my life at great cost and devastation. It's so nice to know I am not alone and not crazy. Confusion was the word of the day-every day. It's what happens when an intelligent and vulnerable person tries to make sense of AA. What good is in AA is only what the rest of the world already knows, and AA takes credit for it as if there was something new under the sun. AA-you're time is gonna come! From, "Hurt".