[RufusACanal]

More and more I read in the threads here of those individuals who openly despise and attack Alcoholics Anonymous. Usually these detractors in one form or another failed at finding the answers to a new life in the fellowship of AA.

These folks attack AA and it baffled me until this morning, because it makes no sense to me less I accept the fact that they are sick. Once I accepted that these are sick people blowing off about things they know nothing about and directing their ire again a concept known as AA, I was then provided a measure of peace.

Why would a sane and reasonable person find fault with a free organization of free thinking people that offers hope for free? Drunks are notoriously shortsighted and selfishly defective. These Drunks who attack the concept, do not attack me personally, why, they have no power. You see, AA is not their problem for they are their own problem; they refuse to look at self and be accountable and responsible for their own behavior. It is always easier to blame others. AA does not heal or hurt; AA is a concept and with all due respect to anyone, it works if applied, I am proof that the application of the concept is working.

The concept works when you take responsibility for your actions and make changes. When these people come to the threads, I will ignore them. You do as you choose. Remember that we as a group are here by the gift of SR and we are bound by the tenets of our society, namely freedom to be whatever you want to be, within reason.

I stand for a new life, I stand for Alcoholics Anonymous, but I also stand for the grace given by our benefactors here at SR. I no longer have to feel bad that those who would attempt to delude, distract and dispute the gift of a new life found in Alcoholic Anonymous is anything but what it is...BALONEY~!