PoastRotato@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIt's almost impossible to deny being an alcoholic without sounding like an alcoholicmessage-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down123
arrow-up1395arrow-down1message-squareIt's almost impossible to deny being an alcoholic without sounding like an alcoholicPoastRotato@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squarewolfshadowheart@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoThat’s 12 step. Not all AA is 12 step.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAlmost All… But yes in recent years AA has tried to distance itself from the higher power ( God) rhetoric. AA is somewhat decentralized, and you will have splinter groups. Also to clarify, 12 step is a process created by the founders of AA. It’s not a separate thing.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe process still involves relinquishing your will power and deferring to an higher/outside power. Incredibly cult like behavior. You should be raising a person’s will power. Hyping the hell out of them.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOh I absolutely agree, the manipulation techniques used, are still the same ones religions use to control their congregations.
That’s 12 step. Not all AA is 12 step.
Almost All… But yes in recent years AA has tried to distance itself from the higher power ( God) rhetoric.
AA is somewhat decentralized, and you will have splinter groups.
Also to clarify, 12 step is a process created by the founders of AA. It’s not a separate thing.
The process still involves relinquishing your will power and deferring to an higher/outside power. Incredibly cult like behavior. You should be raising a person’s will power. Hyping the hell out of them.
Oh I absolutely agree, the manipulation techniques used, are still the same ones religions use to control their congregations.