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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 46 points 9 months ago (7 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.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago (6 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""

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Trusting in the socially constructed idea of a higher power to keep you sober is a valid strategy according to chaos magick, but it only works if you're a bottom. You have to have the kind of personality that wants to be dominated by Daddy. Doesn't work if you're a top.

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