WHERE IS THERE HELP FOR THE ALCOHOLIC?
My theory is an addict going to an AA meeting is hiding out, & still playing the game. It's one thing to be hurting himself, but another to hurt someone else, & that someone else is the alcoholic who goes into an AA meeting for his alcoholism & has to listen to some addict talking about sticking needles in his arm. Can he relate? Does he find a place where he fits in? Does he belong? Does he feel the connection? Is there a sense of unity? Has he come to the wrong place? No! The addict is in the wrong place. But if this is a newcomer, he doesn't know this. Does he leave there to get drunk.... possibly. So please, when you hear an addict talk about his drug, or addictions in an AA meeting, let him know he is in the wrong place. We must preserve the singleness of purpose, which is the unity of the program.
posted by sharonsjourney @ 9:10 PM
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Hey Sharon! I dunno here. I understand what you are saying about a newcomer relating to an addict at an AA meeting, however, I would not be asking the addict to leave. I might suggest instead that they limit their comments to the feelings around being addicted. I think that we are all very much alike in the feelings that caused us to use in the first place, no matter what the drug of choice- alcohol, heroin, food, sex...
Remember the 'Responsibility Pledge' in AA... When ANYONE, ANYWHERE reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that I AM responsible.
Love ya lots gurl!
In Al-Anon meetings we ask that people limit their comments to how they have been affected by someone else's drinking. Does AA have a similar statement relating to singleness of purpose? I can see that there are few real alcoholics anymore but many duals.
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