Having Trouble With Alcoholics Anonymous and God?
Question by Ian: Having trouble with Alcoholics Anonymous and God?
Hi. My name is Ian and I’m an alcoholic and drug addict. I’m in an intensive outpatient program at a rehab center. A requirement for the program is that I attend 8 AA/NA meetings. I went to my first one last night. It was in a church basement and there was lots of talk about God and staying sober through his graces. I’ve heard this same kind of talk at group. I’m an strong agonist atheist and think that it is dangerous to build a foundation of sobriety on fantasy. I’m basing my recovery not what makes me feel good but on what is true.
How do I continue my treatment without having to get religion involved. Thanks.
Best answer:
Answer by Great Gazoo
There are groups like Rational Recovery that leave religion out.
What do you think? Answer below!
Tags: drug addict, rehab center, intensive outpatient program, alcoholics anonymous
7 Responses to Having Trouble With Alcoholics Anonymous and God?
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You should simply ask the people to save their religious talk for a later time.
Try Rational Recovery. Good luck dude.
Im a christian but im not going to start preaching at you or ramming my beliefs down your throat. but basically, for some people, their faith gets them through some tough times which is, i suppose, what those people are talking about.What you have to do is to find what will get you through those tough times and hang on to that, let whatever that is see you through the dark times.
by focusing on the principles, not the window dressing…
making excuses is typical addict behavior…
Trusting in a “Higher Power” is part of the AA agenda. If it’s in a church the higher power becomes more personal and it becomes Jesus. Jesus is not fantasy. He is real. Sorry you can’t fit in because you don’t believe.
“I’m an strong agonist atheist and think that it is dangerous to build a foundation of sobriety on fantasy”
Well, spirituality clearly aids many people in their recovery. In fact, you can google studies that show just that. So your personal opinion bears no weight.
If you don’t like the meetings, don’t go. The very last thing you should do is go and whine to the good folks of Yahoo! Answers.
Sadly they are so biased at trying to force Christianity that they reject anyone who will not believe!
Christian? – dream on they must think the good Samaritan was a deluded fool!