Admittedly, when I read someone post "I am powerless over alcohol" my knee jerk thought is hmmm, AA. I believe this is likely due to years of former conditioning.
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i spent a couple of years sober on a secular recovery forum before i came to that conclusion. no former conditioning whatsoever from AA; quite the opposite. had spent oodles of years convinced that i should have power and control over alcohol and drinking.
haha, quite blew my mind, really, when i finally saw it.
cosmic joke. kind of.