We have
received information that some concerns have been expressed about
this group:
Fort
Lauderdale Speakers Group
100 N
Andrews Ave
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301-1085
Fridays
7:30pm
previously
located at:
St.
Benedict's Episcopal Church
7801 NW
5th Street
Plantation,
FL 33324
They are
already listed in our US Cult Where to Find as a group with outside
affiliations ie. Into Action
The
criticisms are as follows:
“Non-
adherence to traditions by promoting non-AA events and enterprises;
giving
away Hazelden little red Big Books;
recording
the meeting without announcing it to the meeting. They may tell the
speaker, but do not tell anyone else. They post the meeting
recordings on non-AA websites.”
So far
their responses to these criticisms have been less than constructive.
More
importantly (from our perspective) group members “have told their
sponsees to stop taking their medications. One was medication for
depression, and the other for bipolar.”
Apparently
this group is an off-shoot of the Boca Speakers group which is run
along the same lines.
Same old
same old! Some people just never learn!
See here
for AA guidelines on prescribed medications.
Cheers
The Fellas
(Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
(our
thanks to our local reporter)
