Episode 46: Addiction Series Part 9

Look up: NESARC - National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions, George Valliant's study on AA attendance showed that most people who stay in AA remain abstinent over long periods of time; however, even his studies show that the people who stay in AA long - term constitute 5 percent of all attendees. In this episode I will discuss: the heat in the North American west, heat domes, ionospheric heaters, atheism, there is objective evidence of the existence of a higher power than humans, spirituality is not religion, AA and NA are neither cults nor cures, 12 Step treatment is not the only way to recover, a person must do the shadow work, there are AA and NA meetings available to attend almost constantly in America, it is good for people suffering from substance abuse problems to have a place to go, abstinence is the center core of 12 Step ideology, it is good to be abstinent from toxic substances and bad behaviors, people can recover with or without abstinence, ups and downs of sponsorship, singleness of purpose, AA and NA should stick with comradery and spirituality, George Valliant, the AA idea of powerlessness is absolutely false, alcoholic and addict identity, one drink or drug and total destruction, altering the serenity prayer and meaning of sobriety, Oxford Group and AA, Frank Buchman, Bill Wilson and Doctor Bob Smith, AA collectivism, most people recover on their own.