Step 9 Loophole?????
Only an alcoholic mind would think like this:
Rather than hijack a reply within a thread which caused me great bewilderment, I thought I'd start a new thread and see what others have to say. I appreciate this coming up and have always wondered if AA has a loophole in Step 9, most notably "Except when to do so would injure them or others." I often look at this as a loophole in the program of AA. Who is to decide this. Is it up to the individual? I am working on step 4 at the moment and have some closet issues I'd rather not bring up. I believe they would be hurtful to others. Are we talking physical harm? Emotional harm? I don't know. But they sure as heck are issues I don't want to bring up. And I know I would not be working a completely honest program by eliminating this, but as I said, I believe the quotes above give me the opportunity to do this. Can someone explain?
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