Extract:
“Originally
published in July 1976 in "24 Magazine" (author unknown),
and subsequently updated in 1993 by Tom P, Jnr.
(The
essay itself – henceforth abbreviated to GLAA - can be accessed via
the internet by putting the title in a search engine. There are a
number of versions available but they differ mostly in format rather
than content)
To
clarify: Gresham's Law states essentially that "Bad money drives
out good". In this context the “law” is cited to exemplify
the view (propagated mostly by the fundamentalist tendencies both
within and without AA, and including the Primary Purpose movement)
that Alcoholics Anonymous' programme (and its application) has
undergone a progressive weakening or dilution since the inception of
the Fellowship, and this has been accompanied necessarily by a
reduction in recovery rates. According to some sources this essay
serves as one of the crucial supports to that argument. We were
somewhat surprised, therefore, on reading the piece, to discover how
much of it was based on the author's opinion, and how little upon any
substantial evidence in support of its contentions. The few
references to any kind of statistical data are, as far as we can
discern, either unsupported by research (independent or otherwise) or
gross misrepresentations (or perhaps, more charitably,
misinterpretations) of these figures. As a work of speculation it has
little merit; as an analysis it has none.”
Cheers
The
Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
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