3rd ever AA member was atheist. In 1930s. All welcome. RT @SamHarrisOrg: Alcoholics Anonymous, Without the Religionhttp://nyti.ms/1jXFxaT
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@Dr24hours I think it was Roger Ebert who wrote about a woman in his AA group who's higher power was the radiator in the meeting room.... -
@Amingee Maybe. I wish Ebert hadn't gone public under his own name. Dunno if he did more harm or good.
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@SamHarrisOrg Sam, I don't find 12-steps religious, just grounded in a greater reality than neurosis, so I don't deify objects of obsessionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg one step reads “we needed strengths beyond our awareness and resources to restore us to sanity.” Spirituality!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Finally, I can become an alcoholic now. rt“
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@SamHarrisOrg Thank you so much for posting this. This fills a desperate need.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@AMFeinman AA has always been welcoming to atheists.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg Rational Recovery, base their recovery on science, and cog therapy. They don't speak of ppl being diseased, cuz they're not!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg: "Alcoholics Anonymous, Without the Religion": http://nyti.ms/1jXFxaT ” AA isn't about religionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg a nice wayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg This reminds me - I was unable to get help from Al Anon (or whatever it was called) because of the religious crapola. SadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg I've been to the "secular" AA mtgs. The same as all the rest. Nothing is less empowering to an alcoholic than AA. /soapboxThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg Eyeroll. There are great secular nonAA groups like SOS and Lifering that focus on action and personal accountability.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg I'll never understand why Rational Recovery isn't more well known and used for addiction. No higher power bs with that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@DougStanhope RT@SamHarrisOrg: "Alcoholics Anonymous, Without the Religion": http://nyti.ms/1jXFxaTThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg I'm sure it's just as effective.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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