Why do alcoholics love platitudes?
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funny thing is ....
I have these dumb little stickers all over my motorcycle helmet...
if I ever referred to them as platutudes, I'd probably get in a rumble.
2 of my favorites are "It's all fun and games til somebody looses an eye"
and "Be reasonable.. Do it MY way!"
They remind me of what I could be if I didn't have these little "slogans" incorporated into my daily life.
I'm not an "instant" a$$hole but alcohol sure acellerates the process. Of course I never needed to blame it on the booze anyway but I had to get sober to figure out that hard lesson.
At first I thought thet title said "why do alcoholics love platypus's" and I figured it was a book I wouldn't want to read anyway.
I have these dumb little stickers all over my motorcycle helmet...
if I ever referred to them as platutudes, I'd probably get in a rumble.
2 of my favorites are "It's all fun and games til somebody looses an eye"
and "Be reasonable.. Do it MY way!"
They remind me of what I could be if I didn't have these little "slogans" incorporated into my daily life.
I'm not an "instant" a$$hole but alcohol sure acellerates the process. Of course I never needed to blame it on the booze anyway but I had to get sober to figure out that hard lesson.
At first I thought thet title said "why do alcoholics love platypus's" and I figured it was a book I wouldn't want to read anyway.
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Don't know about anyone else but,
my memory is about as long as my................little finger!! Thought I was going to say something else huh???
I need these stupid little reminders like, "if you don't drink, there's a good chance you won't have an alcohol related incident." Or, "it's not the caboos that kills me, it's the engine."
I need these stupid little reminders like, "if you don't drink, there's a good chance you won't have an alcohol related incident." Or, "it's not the caboos that kills me, it's the engine."
I don't really think it matters whether we like the platitudes or not. If a cheesy platitude is the only thing that a newcomer can hold onto for the sake of sanity...does it matter if they annoy "the intellectually superior alcoholics"? There is a reason for the platitudinal banter. The repetition can still the racing mind and eventually drive home deeper spiritual concepts.
Brain washing techniques!!
Such paranoia of being brainwashed......
I have yet to see an angry wife, mother, husband, friend, father come into the rooms of AA and try to kidnap their sober family member and DEPROGRAM them in order to get them back drunk out on the streets!
HOGWASH I SAY!
Originally Posted by DangerousDan
Profunditude # 47:
'I don't know about you, but my brain needed a good washing'.
'I don't know about you, but my brain needed a good washing'.
Originally Posted by ChampionRabbit
Profunditude # 48:
'I don't know about you, but my brain was wet enough already'.
'I don't know about you, but my brain was wet enough already'.
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Originally Posted by FaeryQueen
I don't really think it matters whether we like the platitudes or not. If a cheesy platitude is the only thing that a newcomer can hold onto for the sake of sanity...does it matter if they annoy "the intellectually superior alcoholics"? There is a reason for the platitudinal banter. The repetition can still the racing mind and eventually drive home deeper spiritual concepts.
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Surely what recovery groups should be doing is appealing to what's left of one's logic and mind? The repetitive, habitual part of us is what got us here to start with, non?
If anything saves me it's going to be my brain and will, not my proclivity for repetition...
If anything saves me it's going to be my brain and will, not my proclivity for repetition...
I don't have any statistics to support my theory, as so many others do around here....
But I do know that great spiritual truths can be condensed into seemingly simple platitudes. I personally have never seen a newcomer jump up and run out of the room after hearing one.
I was certainly in no position to judge how the people in AA expressed truth when I came dragging my pathetic, broken down ass into the program.
"Take what you need and leave the rest."
But I do know that great spiritual truths can be condensed into seemingly simple platitudes. I personally have never seen a newcomer jump up and run out of the room after hearing one.
I was certainly in no position to judge how the people in AA expressed truth when I came dragging my pathetic, broken down ass into the program.
"Take what you need and leave the rest."
Surely what recovery groups should be doing is appealing to what's left of one's logic and mind? The repetitive, habitual part of us is what got us here to start with, non?
If anything saves me it's going to be my brain and will, not my proclivity for repetition...
If anything saves me it's going to be my brain and will, not my proclivity for repetition...
I use AA as my program of recovery and neither my will or brain got me sober. I recovered from the disease of alcoholism as a result of a spiritual experience after working the 12 steps.
These questions will get us into another drawn out AA vs other methods debate....there are more than enough of those threads already.
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