Thread: Leaving AA
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Old 06-26-2020, 09:54 AM
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Funki
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Sure, but part of the "dogma" or problem with AA is that the answer is never that AA just doesn't work for some people, nor isn't the final answer on recovery or alcoholism. It's not, many ideas are outdated nor congruent with modern psychology or medicine. The fact that the only response you have is that the poster is just showing common signs of denial or "balking," demonstrates AA dogmatic group think.
Originally Posted by August252015 View Post
My first thought was why you needed to tell US? Could be plenty of answers, and I'm not being snarky - it's just that this is exactly the stuff to take to your sponsor.

Things like the disease model, spiritual malady, things we did not being that bad...all common to balk at or find "don't apply" to us, so that's behind working the steps.

No reason you HAVE to do AA, but just from what you've shared, it doesn't sound like you have committed to the program to see if it will work for you. Which isn't going to meetings and having a sponsor. So that's an option.
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