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Old 09-30-2014, 06:47 AM
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Many NAs are told that if they can't find an NA meeting, to get to an AA meeting. My experience is that addiction is addiction, recovery is recovery. My home-group entertains plenty of non-AA types. We only ask that if they share, they discuss their problems as they relate to alcoholism. Many AAs have "outside issues," and many cross-addictions are intertwined. The solution seems to be the same, the steps are the same, the results are apparently the same. The belief that drug addicts are somehow worse than alcoholics is laughable, too. Mine was a garbage can of Mood Altering Substances--and they ALL worked for a time and they ALL had to go...
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