The peasants are revolting at Poole Intergroup!

“Poole Intergroup unravelled in disarray after a contentious vote on whether to accept the Road to Recovery group. 11 GSRs carried a ‘no’ Conscience from their groups, gaining the majority decision. This outcome was completely unacceptable to our now not so benevolent Chairman, and deemed ‘illegal’ and ‘uninformed’ by his wife, a self-declared expert on all matters Traditional and Guideline. Our President, his First Lady and the party faithful flatly refused to accept the Ultimate Authority as expressed in the Group Conscience and the ensuing triumph of disunity tells us all we need to know.

It was all a bit of a bloodbath. GSRs didn’t much like the implication that their members are revolting peasants. Members present didn’t much care for the implication that the Conscience was not ‘loving’, nor did we like all the frantic ‘I am definitely right and you’re wrong!’ statements, quotes and arm-waving put downs from our First Lady & co.

‘But I’m a member of AA if I say I am', pleads the Road to Recovery Representative, accusing us of prejudice (that old chestnut). An NA refugee to the CA meeting which Wayne P and henchmen converted over night to an AA meeting a la Plymouth, he is, and will be welcome, for sure, at an AA meeting, where the only requirement is a desire to stop drinking. Trouble is, he doesn’t go to any, apart from Intergroup, and then there is trouble, all hell breaking loose around what he represents, as he sits quietly playing with his pen.

An old timer joined in at the last, to make the indisputable point to Poole that ‘the Loving God didn’t want them at Intergroup last time and He didn’t want them in Bournemouth either’.

Keep at it Fellas, we haven't heard the last of it.”


Comment: All of the above is highly reminiscent of the West Kent Intergroup fiasco of a couple of years ago. Yet another not so “humble servant” Daaayyyviidd (ex-chairman) with the aid of various cult cohorts (primarily Glynne “The Incredible Hulk” and Barbara “Cults are a Good Thing” K) misdirected the assembled GSRs with the claim that they were quite entitled to go against the vote of their group consciences arrogating to themselves the rights of “delegates” as opposed to “representatives” when it came to exercising their various “Right(s) of Decision” and “Right(s) of Participation” blah blah blah (three of those GSRs subsequently acted accordingly - see West Kent section of site for more detail on this). Even so a majority of groups voted for the removal of the Strood axis of cult groups and again the collective conscience of AA in the area was disregarded by a clique of almost breathtakingly arrogant Intergroup officers. Various references were made at that time to the Concepts, and then to assorted Warranties with allusions moreover to “consultations with York” (Ooooohhhhh! Sharp intake of breath!! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!) thrown into the pot (although we're still not at all sure what York has to do with any of this, since, and according to a member of our acquaintance, GSO is nothing more than an administrative centre doubling up as a “bookshop”) to fudge even further the issue in question: ie. should we continue to countenance cult groups within Alcoholics Anonymous which systematically abuse, and in some cases slaughter newcomers, granting them thereby licence to operate with impunity, and completely unchallenged – or then again should we not? Still such matters really are of little importance and what does it matter indeed if a few new members choose quite selfishly (and self pityingly) to take their own lives! Nothing could be more important surely than presenting a united front to the world and preserving the inalienable rights of cult groups and members to persecute anyone who does not quite 'fit' the AA profile, or who shows any sign of thinking for themselves. PERISH THE THOUGHT! (the operative word being the first!). For our cult readers (and we know you're out there!) that last bit was irony just in case you didn't quite GET IT!

Cheers

The Fellas

(our usual thanks to this AA member for their contribution)