We quote:
“From
what I have learned recently this phone conversation happens a quite
a lot around the cult meetings that promote the so-called “Six (or
more, depending on the cult group) Daily Suggestions”. These
“suggestions” have been made up by the cult and are foisted upon
the unwary and unfortunate newcomer. This is how it goes....
Cult
member rings newcomer.
Newcomer
answers phone.
Newcomer
says: “Hello”
Cult
member says: “Hi. I'm just ringing you to complete one of my 6
daily suggestions. Bye.” (Cult member then hangs up phone)
Newcomer
is left confused and pissed off at the unwanted intrusion.
This is
what happens when a list of daily tasks, made up by a cult loony,
supposedly based upon the Steps, but which in fact is not AA approved
or endorsed, The performance of these tasks or suggestions becomes
nothing more than a banal chore. Naive cult members in early days who
have little or no experience of the Steps or the real program of AA,
are ordered to 12-step newcomers over the phone when they are clearly
not ready to do any such thing. Some cult members have been known to
ring newcomers at ridiculous times in the morning e.g. 6am, or even
earlier, thus disturbing sleep and the family members of the
newcomer. I am told that Happy Dennis in London is a particular offender. It was reported to me
that he rings people up at ludicrously early hours of the morning and
recites his cringe-awful “poetry” to them. His rhyming rubbish is
comparable to the sort of doggerel you would find in the cheapest box
of Christmas crackers at a bottom bargain basement shop. Something
you read with embarrassment and want to throw away as quickly as
possible. He also sends “happy clappy” texts to AA contact
numbers he finds in Share magazine for new meetings that are set up
around the country (cult or non-cult). In my opinion he is a pest and
has no right to send people unsolicited messages to strangers. I
understand from one AA member I know in another part of the country
that at least one of his texts has been answered with a firm “ f””k
off, you nutter” Apparently Happy Dennis has concocted a Daily
Suggestion card which contains a lot more than Six Suggestions. Next
time I am in that area of London I will try to get my hands on one of
his cards. As soon as I do I will scan it and send it to you guys. I
also understand that group money (which is AA money) is used to pay
for the printing of these cards.
The Six
(or more) Daily Suggestion card is a fraud perpetrated on the
newcomer. It is not AA literature. It never will be AA literature. In
fact it contradicts AA literature. Handing this card to the newcomer
in the name of AA is misrepresenting the fellowship and the AA
program to the newcomer. Nowhere in AA literature does it say we have
to “get on our knees” twice per day. Nowhere does AA say we must
ring 2 newcomers every day. Nowhere does AA say we have to have 2
home groups. Nowhere does AA say that we must do everything a sponsor
says. Nowhere does AA say we must read the Just For Today card every
day. Actually, the whole point of the Just for Today card is to
practice it, not just to read it. Someone still drinking could be
reading the Just For Today card and still fulfil one or more of the
six daily suggestions !
None of
the longest sober people known to me do the Six Daily Suggestions.
Why” Because you don't need to do them in order to stay sober, and
99.999% of sober AA members would testify to that. The Six Daily
Suggestion card complicates the program for the newcomer. It creates
for him or her a daily burden which becomes nothing more than a
tedious and banal check-list to be completed in order to win approval
from a group and a sponsor. And therein, I believe, lies the true
purpose of the card. It is all about recruitment to a group/gang/cult
in AA. Doing repetitive tasks assigned by a leader is one of the
hallmarks of a cult.
Thanks to
the aacultwatch team for their work in exposing the cult nonsense
that is weakening AA and destroying its reputation. "
Cheers
The Fellas
(Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
PS Thanks
to our correspondent
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