Originally Posted by
JeffreyAK 
Exactly! Of all the AA platitudes, that is one of the worst. My worst thinking or lack of thinking got me there, and better and better thinking helped pull me out. Don't leave your brain at the door, use it.
I always thought that was said tongue in cheek because it is usually followed by how the sharer had to learn a new way of life and to do it with people who were already thinking better... At least that is how I've always taken it.