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Originally Posted by mistycshore  But the reason AA is so large and long-lasting is because it promotes dependence on AA. |
Your experience differs from my own, mistycshore. I attend meetings for a couple of reasons. One is because I absolutely love a hard core solution based meeting. It feeds my spiritual growth, I have a bond with the people, and I have a responsibility. I also go to some sicker meetings to carry a solution. A message of recovery. In those meetings, I do see a lot of dependence on meetings by people with all different lengths of sobriety.
But that's not recovery. Not by a long shot. The steps of AA promote dependence on a higher power. It flat out states that reliance on things human is bound to fail.