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[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This reminds me of AA meetings. In my area they all pushed you nonstop to get a sponsor. And then the sponsor would push you nonstop to pray every day. Every meeting was in a church. And the veteran guys would talk about how they haven't thought about alcohol everyday while talking about alcohol everyday.

It's nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I worked with addiction services and AA, for me, seemed quite culty. Its not explicit that "acknowledge that you have to hand your personal agency over to an imagined 'higher power'" is one of the steps.

They start using these in-group phrases and shit.. it always felt like they were seconds away from having secret handshakes and assigning themselves ranks like "deputy high priest of "I used to drink all the time""

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Don't they effectively have ranks? You get coins to show your "progress" within the cult. Maybe it's not treated quite the same as rank, but it's hard to say it's that different.

[–] Agent641 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago
[–] RadicalEagle 6 points 5 days ago

"Just according to Keikaku" God

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

free will is an incredibly selfish concept

[–] Coach 2 points 4 days ago

God has concepts of a plan.

[–] DarkCloud -2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If there's no way to cope, then getting help might not help.