It Made My Stomach Turn When I Heard That Robin Williams Was Going To AA At The End

Well, here's the thing---I could write a book about being a drunk, the recovery movement, and sobriety. Being a former drunk myself, I served time in every sobriety organization created, but Alcoholics Anonymous had the biggest impact on me. It gets into your blood like a parasite that makes itself at home. It gets under your skin like a leech and doesn't let go. And it took me as long to deprogram from AAs brainwashing as it did for me to recover from boozing and binge drinking; years and years.

But why it hurt my soul for RW that his suicide followed his attendance at AA meetings? BECAUSE! Hundreds and hundreds of AAs commit suicide, that's why! I wanted to kill myself during the years I was an AA! They make you Dependent on them. They make you feel like there's something Wrong with you if you don't Grasp their "Simple Program"! And AA drives it into your subconscious that recovery without AA is "White Knuckling It!" And on and on I could go about how they did me, and MOST other people in it, more harm than good. Isn't their success rate between 2 - 5%? Yes, I believe that's all it is. I have done a lot of research and reading about AA, but it's been a few years.

I don't care HOW "good" of a cult they are, they are still a cult, and cults harm people. Some people are cut-out for cults and do well in AA. Free Thinkers do not belong in AA. I'm pretty sure, if memory serves, that the Courts deemed AA a religion. I don't recall who deemed it a cult---except for the thousands of people like me who experienced it first hand, that is! But if it's not a somewhat official label as well, it's certainly accepted as one by much of the population.

The truth is, but you won't hear about that in our AA-mentality culture---2/3 of people who quit addictions do it entirely on their own. 2/3!! I can quote you a source of that if you give me enough time to remember and look it up, but one of the sources was the main alcohol and drug recovery administration of the federal government. ...Forget the acronym. Don't feel like Googling it. Sorry.

Recovering from alcoholism is truly an inside job, and it's also great and helpful to have support; I really don't know how any of us could recover without certain support from loved ones, professionals, and more rational-minded recovery groups along the way. But the KEY here is that it is a VERY BAD IDEA to become DEPENDENT on ANYTHING or ANYONE OUTSIDE YOURSELF for your RECOVERY!! And THAT'S how come I FINALLY found MY Recovery; I'm FREE.

I have no need or desire to reflect on the positive things about AA, thank you. I don't know how much more I want to elaborate on the topic of AA in order to make my point. But there sure are a LOT of books published along these lines. And there are organizations like orange-papers.org, and morerevealed.com

I can't say if RWs suicide had anything to do with "the cult" or not, but like I said, it sure made my skin crawl tonight when I made this connection. 

I might write some more another time about how AA did me more harm than good, you know, more details and examples.

Thanks for letting me share!!!

RIP Robin Williams! Even in your very recent departure you are already helping people THINK and TALK and GROW!