Yes, but that's better than the alternative. Not only can alcoholics Anonymous suffer from such fanaticism but so can coin-collectors, police officers and high school teachers.
Courts have held that it is religious and that, therefore, people cannot be mandated to attend AA. It actually is not religious, although based on christian principals that a man can not help himself...
Means that when you show up to an AA meeting, no one will tell anyone that you are an alcoholic. They also don't keep any records of who shows up to the meetings
It's a support group for alcoholics and their families/friends
It has over 2 million sober recovering alcoholics around the world and is the biggest self help group the only reqirement for...
The twelve steps are:1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had becomeunmanageable.2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us tosanity.3. Made a...