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We quote:
“cult
like groups within AA
AA
is not a cult, but there are certainly "cult like" groups
within AA. A famous example from this past year would be the "Midtown Group" which has been operating around the Washington DC
Area for a while. Plenty of well documented coverage can be found in
Newsweek, USA Today, Washington Post, etc. An affiliate of that group
operates out of Chatham, New Jersey and they are called the
"Sponsorship Group" of AA. They all live in a compound in Summit, NJ.
This "Sponsorship Group" actively recruits new members into
their cult by infiltrating various rehabs, hospitals and other
facilities in the greater NY and NJ area. Young people are lured in
by this cult and given a place to live, a job and are bombarded with
coercion, manipulation and mind control to conform group doctrine. If
a new person has been taking any kind of prescribed medication, they
are told to stop or else they are not sober. Young women who get
involved with this group are led to believe that they should be
sponsored by [explicit name reference removed by editor] and that
having sex with him is all just part of the recovery process(!) Next,
the newcomer is presented with an ultimatum, get the "SG"
tattoo or leave the group. (The tattoo is a circle, surrounding a
triangle and in the middle are the letters "SG"). Members
of this group are not allowed to check out other AA meetings,
unescorted. A member may only attend a different AA group, while
being escorted by a more senior member of the "Sponsorship
Group". Like the "Midtown Group" from the Washington
DC area, the "Sponsorship Group" is part of the "Clancy I" empire of cult-like groups, …...”
(our
edits)
Cheers
The
Fellas (Friends
of Alcoholics Anonymous)
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