It's no big surprise that 12-step programs don't work, and I've heard about the culty behaviour of AA, but this is still a pretty interesting read.
The A.A. founder Bill Wilson declared that alcoholism is a "spiritual disease" that is caused by:
- sins,
- moral shortcomings,
- wrongs,
- defects of character,
- resentments,
- instincts run wild,
- character defects, representing instincts gone astray,
- self,
- self-will run riot,
- desires that have far exceeded their intended purpose,
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- a willful and irresponsible ego,
- failure to practice religious precepts properly,
- failure to practice Step Five properly,
- selfishness,
- self-seeking,
- self-centeredness,
- more selfishness
- defective relations,
- nagging wives,
- nagging wives again, "throwing her husband into a fit of anger"
- serious character flaws,
- faith that isn't accompanied by "self-sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action",
- personal secrets that we have not confessed,
- inherited genes or inherited sins, and
- conditions that we couldn't correct to our entire satisfaction,
- another unconfessed personal secret...
Notice that drinking alcohol is not on that list.
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