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Old 10-04-2017, 06:14 AM
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stephengb
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My experience at AA meetings people have been free to express their problems and the other members are respectful and understanding. However, if you go off script on the 12 steps or question them this causes many of them to visibly bristle. It is not advisable to discuss your lack of belief in a interventionist God or higher power, no matter that they claim it is not a religious programme. There is a lot of great content and wisdom in AA teachings but it is very rigid, disagree with or question any of the steps the conclusion is something wrong with you and you are doomed to failure. I still go and find it helpful, I just ignore the bits I don't agree with and as they say focus on the similarities not the differences.
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