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Originally Posted by tommyk  In my opinion NA includes most everything found in AA, because 'alcohol is a drug'.
(Thus making sober & big book topics valid.) |
I hear you, Tommy...and you're entitled to your opinion. Yet, I beg to differ. AA and NA are seperate and distinct in their own right. Just because NA views alcohol as a drug doesn't make AA and NA synonymous, nor does it mean that "most everything" in NA can be found in AA. I could write a very, very long list of differences (but I won't), of which the most important is that recovery from alcoholism is not addressed in NA.
I contend that just because something is valid doesn't make it appropriate. I even question the validity of the Big Book in matters regarding NA.
The links below offer food for thought:
Some thoughts regarding our relationship to Alcoholics Anonymous What is addiction?