Comments on: Alcoholics Anonymous And The Laws Of Attraction

By: SoberWoman

SoberWoman — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:07:10 +0000

AA doesn't take any credit for anyone or anything…..individuals in AA Might, but the actual fellowship doesn't. There is no hierarchy in AA – all members are equal.

By: George

George — Sun, 01 May 2011 14:18:17 +0000

AA is not responsable for people who really doesn't want to be helped! I'm with AA for 10 years now and i'm convinced that AA is the only solution for me! I can not speak for other people! If i should fail I would never blame AA. I would be the one who wasn't not strong enough. I still believe that AA does everything in his power to help everybody who wants to get sober. People who don't succede in AA aren't strong enough or not convinced about the problem they have. I feel sorry for people who try AA and make after a while the conclusion that they prefer alcohol. AA must give all the attention and power to members who really wants to be helped.

By: Dave J.

Dave J. — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:52:03 +0000

AA takes all of the credit for it's successful members but it shuns it's failures. It's any honestly dishonest cult much like Scientology.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:04:23 +0000

One of the more important reasons I've seen for anonymity is that once your out yourself as a member of the program, you then become a representative of AA (just like saying you believe in God will, unfortunately, allow others to see you as a representative of other Christians). Then you lash out with a rude comment such as this, and somebody else may then be afraid to go to meetings in case there is someone there who will snap at them, accusing them of having less than half a brain and calling them a complete idiot. I'm "out" to quite a few people in my own personal life, but even on my social networking page I discuss my sobriety without discussing my membership in AA. Everybody who knows me knows I no longer drink, but few actually know I'm in the program, unless they're in the program themselves. If anybody wants to ask me how I got sober I'll be sure to tell them, but until then, I'm going to respect the program that saved my life as well as its traditions.

By: Tom M.

Tom M. — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:03:36 +0000

In downtown Seattle, outside an AA meeting on the streets a stranger ask if a meeting was here.
I said "Yes," pointed the way in. He entered as I did too. The meeting open, I notice that I knew
the stranger form a local TV talk show. He was a local celberty. Some people reconize him in the
meetings. He never outed himself. He chose the high road of the 11th tradition. He was a nobody
outside the northwest. So he had nothing to gain by saying he one of us.

AA is world wide an seen at least as a help to society. Some might think it is cool to be in the programe.
Most who are inside AA depend on the program to stay sober, which is a fondation for living at a basic
level at the vary least. Lets remember, "principels before personality."

By: Sobriety

Sobriety — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:25:17 +0000

This applies to me quite a bit, as someone who has a social network on sobriety I get alot of backlash from the old school AA telling me "This is ANONYMOUS". Fact of the matter is you can remain anonymous online and meet other's in AA, none of these sites dictate you HAVE to put in accurate information.

On the other hand, I could understand why saying "Your failure in AA could prevent another from seeking out sobriety" but how would they even know about AA if you never brought it up? They have to find out somehow!

By: bcuban

bcuban — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:22:48 +0000

If you had half a brain you would see that this is Feb 2010-that was written almost 3 years ago. As we know that alcohol kills brain cells you are forgiven for your complete idiocy. That aside, I will out myself to the media, on my blog, to my dog, to your dog, whenever and wherever I please. What are you going to do about it. Not a damn thing except bitch in your angry self-hating pathetic AA Nazi life.. Enjoy…

By: bcuban

bcuban — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:18:10 +0000

If you had half a brain you would see I wrote that almost three years ago. As alcohol kills brain cells you are forgiven in your idiocy…

By: Lolo

Lolo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:50:36 +0000

When I got sober, I was terrified. I didn't want anyone to know I was going to AA. And I didn't want anyone in AA to quiz me about my job. (Do you know how many people in the rooms asked what I did for a living?) Primarily because I didn't want to deal with the added pressure. I already losing my mind. As for using AA in the media to push some agenda… It's about the we, not about the me. It has to be safe for everyone. When you have some douchebag showing up with a camera outside an AA meeting, that's just wrong. It's supposed to be a safe place where someone to go to get sober. So, I expect a blog like this from someone who has a year in sobriety. Typical angry, self-pitying, posturing crap. Believe me,, i was there. Then I did a 5th step. Good luck with making amends for this! Also, Cuban, you need to proofread your site.

By: Tim W

Tim W — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:09:15 +0000

I respect your right to "out" yourself in any way you want… the only requirement is a desire to stop drinking, as you say. I have observed that people who use their last names (in meetings or in association with their AA membership when discussing it on TV, in the press, etc) often tend to sound as if they have the "answer", speaking as AA authorities… and be generally lacking in that most important quality, humility. Bill W himself suffered from this early on, if my reading of the literature is correct. I have a lot of respect for celebrity members (there are quite a few where I live) who choose to remain bozos on the bus with the rest of us… by only using their first name, even in meetings.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:12:35 +0000

"The anonymity in tradition 12 [in my opinion] is not referring to use of my last name but rather to being anonymous as an "individual" in a "we" program. If I "become" the message instead of "carrying" the message, then my sobriety is at risk; and so is AA as a whole. I have seen that in action… guess what… that person is now painfully coming back. "
Much Love,
Anonymous

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:12:19 +0000

Some of you need to read the books instead of spewing out your opinions.
11.) Our relations with the general public should be characterized by personal anonymity. We think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising. Our names and pictures as A.A. members ought not be broadcast, filmed, or publicly printed. Our public relations should be guided by the principle of attraction rather than promotion. There is never need to praise ourselves. We feel it better to let our friends recommend us.
12.) And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principle of Anonymity has an immense spiritual significance. It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all.
These words were written after years of experience. If you look closely, you will see that humility seems to be the backbone of it all. While looking up the traditions (my book is in my car lol), I read a comment that really hit the nail on the head. I will quote her.

By: Patrick O

Patrick O — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:58:42 +0000

You hit it right on the head.

By: bcuban

bcuban — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:43:06 +0000

That makes no sense whatsoever. The policy of "attraction" is specifically geared towards people asking questions about the program as opposed to people promoting it. What you just described the quality of a cult, not AA.