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Originally Posted by BackToSquareOne  I noticed on this board and others that a lot of people quote the Big Book and refer to it like it's holy scripture. The reality is that this is just a book that was written by a couple of drunks way back in 1937. It is not divinly inspired, is not a sacred text and everything in it was written by fallible human beings, nothing is written in stone. The Big Book says that a person should drink until they're done and a lot of people will go on spouting off this nonsense without realizing how bad this advice is. Some people are never done and will drink themselves to death. Almost every city has crisis intervention teams and if they took this advice they would just let everyone kill themselves with alcohol or drugs. This attitude that everything in the Big Book is written in stone can get a little ridiculous at times. |
Fine observation, here's something I notice, a lot of folks on this board like to share opinions on an experience they have never had about a program they've never worked.
AA is not the only way, it is the best way for some of us, doesn't make us better or worse. If AA does not work for you, that's cool, find something that will work for you, check out secular connections here on this site, there are people who are sober and happy and share your sentiment. Focus on finding a solution that will work for you instead of wasting energy poking shots at a program you don't like.