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This really jumped out at me. What a horrible thing to say about someone, especially someone looking for help.
"Unreasoning prejudice" ain't that just the richest projection you've ever seen🤣🤣🤣
Alcoholic death? That's weirdly specific. I barely even drink. If I do, then I do it to get drunk, but not to comatose type of levels.
The Big Book being discussed in this comment is one of the foundations of the Alcoholics Anonymous program. Hence this warning about alcoholism. AA features a higher power as part of recovery.
I was thinking about going to some AA meetings, was massively put off though by all the bible thumping rhetoric. I don't want anything to do with the majority of religions.
Am I allowed to drink alcohol as long as I believe in God, I'm not quite I understand their random system of belief.
Also, I guess that drugs are okay?
I mean... sort of?
From what I understand, they appeal to a 'higher power' as a part of the 12 steps. Also, there is Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and others. The 12-step program, as flawed as we may see it, actually helps a lot of people so I'm not knocking it.
I've also heard you can be very relaxed with the higher power 'as you understand it', providing a way in for agnostic/atheistic members. I don't have all the info, just what I've heard unfortunately.
I am just confused by the idea that someone who is not religious is automatically doomed to alcoholism.
The two things are not even on the same continuum, the comment makes no sense.