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Thank you one and all. My point is that there is a time and a place for everything and this particular Forum is not the place for AA battles pro or con as I understand the rules of SR. We can always play in the 12 Step Forum were maybe we will not cause someone permenant damage; hopefully 
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Dayton, Ohio
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First of all, thank you Rufus for starting this thread.
I agree with the above statement by nanda. It's just very hard for me not to respond when I hear someone bashing AA/NA. If it weren't for the Program, the Steps and the Fellowship, I have no doubt it my mind that not only would I not be coming up on 3 years in Recovery but I also would have been dead about 2 1/2 years ago. In my eyes, it's like if I felt the need to defend my Parents, who gave me life, I want to defend the Programs that not only saved my life but also gave me back my life.
I don't care if someone is able to achieve quality sobriety and clean time by eating only green food, wearing only orange and purple clothes, hopping on one foot and using a tree as their Higher Power. But I will continue, when asked, to share my experiences with AA/NA. However, I do agree that it is unnecessary for someone to come on and after saying that they don't use the Principals of AA/NA to say that it's all a bunch of BS. This is where I need to not feel as though I need to put on the boxing gloves, but simply say the Serenity Prayer. . .
God, Grant me the Serenity, to Accept the Things I cannot Change, the Courage to Change the Things that I Can, and the Wisdom to Know the Difference.
And I guess the Wisdom in a case like this, is to simply not respond. Let the way I am choosing to not be baited speak for itself.
Thank You & God Bless,
Judy
Sometimes it stops if others stop responding. I'm learning to let other's have the last word. I tend to hear the voice of reason when I am seeking and the angry or loud voices bounce right off my brain.
I don't care if someone is able to achieve quality sobriety and clean time by eating only green food, wearing only orange and purple clothes, hopping on one foot and using a tree as their Higher Power. But I will continue, when asked, to share my experiences with AA/NA. However, I do agree that it is unnecessary for someone to come on and after saying that they don't use the Principals of AA/NA to say that it's all a bunch of BS. This is where I need to not feel as though I need to put on the boxing gloves, but simply say the Serenity Prayer. . .
God, Grant me the Serenity, to Accept the Things I cannot Change, the Courage to Change the Things that I Can, and the Wisdom to Know the Difference.
And I guess the Wisdom in a case like this, is to simply not respond. Let the way I am choosing to not be baited speak for itself.
Thank You & God Bless,
Judy
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