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In response to "*BAM* Jim, you just got znuffri'd. (nm)" by musubi

in other words, i could be mad wrong, but nowhere in AA (I think) does it say "you aren't at fault for what you did".

Posted by TFox Jan 20 '10, 08:56

in fact, quite the opposite, i am pretty sure it forces you to own up and claim responsibility for everything you fucked up in the world while you were drinking. how is this not a similar/the exact same thing?

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correct. - znufrii Jan 20, 08:57 2
- perhaps, though with no non-speculative evidence to the contrary... -- nm - TFox Jan 20, 09:00 1
  - it just doesn't pass the smell test for me. - znufrii Jan 20, 09:04
In AA, those people are often wired to 'need' the chemical bonds that booze gives them. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 08:57 12
- this is way too hair-splitty for me. there just isn't a big enough gap between alcoholism and sex addiction to treat them completely differently. -- nm - TFox Jan 20, 08:59 2
  - I don't believe I'm treating them differently. Maybe I'm not following here. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 09:06
  - I agree with TFox. (nm) - musubi Jan 20, 09:01
- Then how can they quit? -- nm - mara Jan 20, 08:59 8
  - You learn coping mechanisms to replace that 'need' for the bond - Will Hunting Jan 20, 09:03 4
    - And how is chemical addiction different? Yes, there is breaking the physical addiction, but it can't be "cured" without addressing the psyhological - pmb Jan 20, 09:04 2
      - You're argument seems to be coming from the yes Tiger's a sex addict becuase he went to the clinic. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 09:08 1
        
        My argument is that you don't have a frikkin' clue whether he's in that boat or not. - pmb Jan 20, 09:10
    - but this is the *exact* same thing. -- nm - TFox Jan 20, 09:03
  - by manning up and not drinking. - groiny Jan 20, 09:01 2
    - Which means maybe those chemical bonds are not so necessary after all. -- nm - mara Jan 20, 09:02
    - by seeking help like AA/sex addition treatment, they are manning up double. - TFox Jan 20, 09:02

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in other words, i could be mad wrong, but nowhere in AA (I think) does it say "you aren't at fault for what you did".

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