Recently we lost of family member to the cult of Alcoholics Anonymous. This person is 100% consumed by AA meetings and hanging out with these weirdos. It is not the benevolent society you think it is. These people are backyards.
Thats the oddest part about it. AA becomes just as big of a crutch as the alcohol was. Addictive personalities....
Alanon is even worse. A bnch of family member talking about how someone elses alcoholism ruined their life. A pathetic social gathering is what it is... Not trying to be a dick but everyone I've ever known who has gone to AA, NA or Alanon are all hypocrites.
One guy I know who tried cocaine like 30 years ago was shamed so badly by his wife. Every holiday or family get together there was his wife babling about his battle with substance abuse. The guy was totally fine, harmless fun he went through a phase as used blow for a few months 30 years ago. No addiction he just walked away when other things became more important. He is well adjusted always held down a good job met his respnsibilities invested money well to-do. Totally responsible human being. But his wife never let it go. It was like she convinced him and everyone else that he had a 'problem' just so she could go to these alanon meetings and have an excuse to bear some sort of burden in her boring existence. Woman never worked, never gave him any children, never went to college, just led a privledged life, spending HIS money but brow beat the shit out of himn over this ONE indiscretion. It was so self serving, it was all just so she could have this 'burden' to bare and bore us all to death with her "private hell of addiciton". Bringing her friends from alanon over on the holidays/gatherings/reunions then they would sneak off and spike their drinks with vodka. Watching her manipulate her husband was really sad.
