Alcoholics Anonymous: A Net Good or a Net Harm?

Is AA helpful? Some people claim that AA offers specific benefits. We should say that we endorse anybody’s right to pursue any form of support or treatment they want, or find helpful, from AA to religion. But our training and experience cause us to doubt AA’s supposed benefits. One such claim is that making amends to people alcoholics have hurt is a way of reconstructing damaged relationships. But we find that a very indirect way of going about the process of examining and improving relationships, which is a major focus of the skills taught in the Life Process Program. A second claim for AA is that the “fellowship” provides group support. It does, but at what cost? We ask whether the goal of a support group is to cement people into that one group (AA), or to broaden their outreach to people and the world. The latter is, of course, the LPP approach. We further describe (Zach references his personal experience) how AA undercuts people’s actual feelings and beliefs in order to purvey its own philosophy and “religion” (for example, powerlessness and turning oneself over to God). For Zach and others, AA, rather than offering such a benefit, is a “mindfuck” that undercuts people’s ability to navigate their own feelings. In the end, we find AA’s net impact to be a negative one, for individuals and society. ***** SUBSCRIBE to Our Channel ***** To get more of our content and help us grow: https://www.youtube.com/c/LifeProcess... ***** FOLLOW us on Social ***** - Facebook: https://facebook.com/lifeprocessprogram - Twitter : https://twitter.com/lifeprocessprgm - Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifeprocessprogram - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life... ***** CONTACT US ****** - Website: https://lifeprocessprogram.com - Text us: +1 (802) - 391 - 4360