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Thursday 3 July 2014

Extracts from the aacultwatch forum (old)


When I first came in I had a "vision" sponsor and was encouraged to make a "cult" meeting one of my two home groups (a “vision” suggestion). I loved it with all the positive sharing and I even got a kick out of the way people (including myself) used to criticize regular AA as "those boring other meetings"!!...It was only after a couple of events (triggers) that I started to have concerns over this particular meeting and my sponsor...firstly my sponsor came up to the meeting one night from quite a distance away to check whether I was getting to the meeting an hour before it started ... a suggestion ... needless to say I wasn't and got told off for it....secondly his sponsor called me one day to chat and finished with "don't ever doubt your sponsor"...a suggestion...strange I thought...thirdly at a group conscience the steering committee dictated the format of the meeting not the group..the group didn't have a say...after this I parted with my sponsor and found the fellowship of AA waiting for me...totally different...full of love..genuine laughter and responsibility...I had to start again and this time the miracle happened...I rejoined society and now attempt to live in the real world and not some pretend its all OK "spiritual" holiday camp where I sort my problems out by calling a newcomer...recovery is about honesty and humility...you can't be humble if you're not being honest and vice versa....in short it helped me initially because I wanted to hear that its ALL good but it wasn't real...so no I think from my experience it does more damage.”

The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)

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