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Yes, AA is a fraud. Now, frauds can help people but there is no indication that AA is any more successful than any other treatment out there including simply trying to go cold turkey. If you feel AA helped, then fine, but there is no objective reason to believe AA is anything more than a placebo effect. Like I said, watch the AA episode of Bull****. But if people want to do it then that is fine by me, my major complaint with it is that it is frequently legally mandated and despite what proponents will say, it is a religious program. If I were ever convicted of a DUI, odds are good that my government would give me the choice of going to jail or participating in a religious institution. That pisses me off, both at the government and at AA; the fact that it is placebo isn't good either.
Like I said, addiction is a condition beyond personal control. Becoming addicted is not.
Yes, drunk driving is an issue, it is not, however, and addiction issue. A drunk driver is just as much an issue whether or not the driver is an alcoholic.
I have seen meth addiction with my own eyes as well. Also people who destroyed their lives with alcohol, heroin, and pot. I still stand by my view of things.
People choose to take risks, just because the risk doesn't work out for them does not inherently make it a societal problem. People who choose to do drugs and become addicted have about as much sympathy from me as the base jumper who eventually gets a parachute that doesn't open. That's too bad, but you rolled the dice. I'm going to help if I can, but I don't consider it some kind of accidental disease.
So, you think I am horrifyingly wrong. And I think you are horrifyingly wrong. I suspect you'll have more people agreeing with you.
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