Atheists & Agnostics

Again, I'm proud that you've made it work, it can be really hard to deal with.

You just said you were Humbled, you do realize that's religious speak? They tricked you into a god framework. What we need is a whole shift in our approach to drug problems, starting with uplifting the lower class, eliminating poverty, and providing things for kids to do. At that point drug abuse will take care of it's self.

We also need to stop demonizing addicts, and treat them as you would treat any other medical problem, using harm reduction, and free recovery care, not telling them they're trash and they have no power, they're the only ones who have power.

What happens if you fall off the wagon? You catch a whiff and go on a bender? you come back to the meeting and they take away your chit, you start from 0, right? what kind of message does that send? that unless you do nothing you're a failure? that hurts way more than it helps, people have killed themselves due to it.

And the hypocrisy, "No drinking, but smoke a whole pack in the meeting, that's fine" Alcohol kills 80,000 people a year, roughly. Cigarettes kill about 480,000. Don't see an issue there? Maybe they should focus more on CA than AA.

Still proud that you're clean.