Finally! A critical article of AA in a mainstream publication!

[dropzone]

@jtgain

It simply says, “This is what worked for us. No reason it cannot work for you.”

AA in a nutshell.

It is not a group that says it can help you when you get in trouble because you drank beer and watched football when your wife wanted you to clean out the garage. It is a group that is there for you because you were determined to quit drinking, have tried many times before, swore it would be better this time, but you still woke up this morning on the front lawn with piss and vomit all over your pants and look over and see the car door open from where you drove home drunk. The group says, “We did this too, and this plan helped us. Give us a try.”

The SDMB has several members who have never been in such straits, yet they think they know all about alcoholism and how recovery should work, and take any opportunity to kick the AA strawman they have constructed.