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Anyone else think Alcoholics Anonymous doesn’t work?!?

July 25, 2011 By Lance 18 Comments

i’ve been going (court ordered) for almost a year and all i feel when i come out of a meeting is more depressed!!

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  1. mamabear says:
    July 25, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    It only works for those who go voluntarily. If you don’t think you have a problem, nothing is going to help. If you do, there are other programs that can help – where people go because they want to NOT because they have to.

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  2. jenn says:
    July 25, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    It worked for my friend Ashley….it all depends on the person really.

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  3. pooh says:
    July 25, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    well i have been in recovery for 1 year and 2 months and i don’t do AA i have a addition therapist so maybe you should try a therapist along with AA
    and good luck

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  4. Jessica says:
    July 25, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    It works for people who really want to change!!

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  5. peace&love says:
    July 25, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    that’s only because you are not surrendering to it…it will not work if you don’t work it….it is only there for people who WANT it..alot of people NEED it and will not open themselves up for help. it’s only there to help you. face your problems and your issues with alcohol and you will not be depressed. good luck

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  6. Gillipoos says:
    July 25, 2011 at 6:54 pm

    Rehab is for quitters!!

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  7. rainyday2003 says:
    July 25, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    ON SOME PEOPLE IS DOESNT I KNOW SOME WHO GO DRUNK AND DRINK WHILE THEY ARE THERE.THEN GO TO THE BAR AFTERWARDS.I HAD A FRIEND WHO DATED A DRUNK AND EVERYTIME HE DRANK SHE SMACKED HIM.THE FINAL STRW WAS WHEN SHE PEED IN HIS BEER PUT THE CAP BACK ON IT.SO WHEN HE OPENS UP A BEER HE JUST REMEMBERS THE TASTE OFF PEE AND CANT DRINK IT. :-)

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  8. StarGazer says:
    July 25, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    That’s only because you’re not ready to give up alcoholism. Your attendance of these meetings is court ordered. That means you’re forced to go. If you would attend under your own will, then that would mean you’re interested in giving up your habit. But because you didn’t decide to go on your own, you’re not ready to give it up.

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  9. VanJimmy says:
    July 25, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    Try getting a sponsor and working the steps… you know, the stuff that people are talking about. Just going to meetings would make you just a miserable, dry drunk. No fun… no fun at all.

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  10. smarinalee says:
    July 25, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    I do not think it works. I ‘ve been to a similar meeting :Anonymous for people with Eating Disorders. I went once and never went back.
    It felt just the opposite for me: I was a little encouraged and happy when I realized I am not alone. But in the long run I decided not to go.

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  11. rabouly says:
    July 25, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    It doesn’t work if you do not want it to work. Of coarse, do you need AA ? If you do 9 and the court thinks you do) and follow the program responsibly, it will work. You are going cause you HAVE to go. Suck it up and grow up!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kick the habbit . You really want this, anything, go for it but do it with a purpouse.

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  12. slagathor238 says:
    July 25, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Court ordered AA meetings are ridiculous. The court should supply you with information regarding AA if that’s an option you decide on.

    Forcing you to go not only wastes your time and gives you false ideas about its effectiveness, but it also hinders the recovery of people who are there by choice.

    Do a favor for those who are there by choice and file a grievance with the court for requiring you to hamper other people’s recovery just to punish you.

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  13. pockets says:
    July 25, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    I’ve been clean and sober for over 3 years, and I can soooo relate to what you’r saying. I haven’t gone to a meeting in over a year, but I’m still doing well. Not that I recommend doing what I’ve done, some people need to be at those meetings just to make it through their day. The one thing that you state is that it is court ordered; this could be the reason you feel the way you feel. I think that in order for it to “work” you have to be there for YOU, not because someone told you that you have to. Give yourself the chance to be the person you were meant to be, without the booze. Good luck, and email me if you want to shoot the sh*t.

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  14. bryton1001 says:
    July 25, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    I don’t think it works when people get sent there, IN the past I have been sent twice to court ordered, and once can you believe it was across the street from the corner bar, they moved in a few years later.
    I drank for 16 years and lost everthing, even had seisures, the only way I finally quit is with the help of the Lord, I don’t even have a taste for alcohol anymore.
    These meetings are paid in part by the state, so they have to say higher power in them instead of discuss God, and I think if a person seeks God they can quit.
    I think if a person does not, and does not have the desire, the meetings are not going to do the trick. Its another way to get your money, and keep you off the street.

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  15. David K says:
    July 25, 2011 at 11:28 pm

    Keep coming back, it works if you work it and it won’t if you don’t.

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  16. thegropenator2006 says:
    July 26, 2011 at 12:08 am

    It works if you work it and it won’t if you dont. I am a recovering alcoholic (8 years). It might be the meeting that you are at because not all meetings are doom and gloom. Get a meeting directory and fan out. You are not limited to that one meeting. A large metropolitan area has literally hundreds of meetings. A sponsor can help you in this quest but AA didn’t help me until I started to do something other than occupying a chair in a room. Get involved in service work (making the coffee, setting up, etc). I wish you the best and keep coming back.
    Before I go, Bryton, the meetings are not paid for by the state. According to the 7th tradition “Every AA group should be self supporting, declining outside contributions”. At some meetings there is a 7th tradition basket but no one is under obligation to give anything. The contributions go towards the coffee, chips, medallions, and literature. there is also no truth to the fact that if you find God you will be kicked out. Many recognize their higher power as the God of their understanding. I have heard people use the word God freely in the rooms with no repercussions just as I have heard people credit Allah, Budda, and even Satan. The point is to find a power greater than yourself to restore you to sanity.

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  17. snotpuppy says:
    July 26, 2011 at 1:07 am

    It’s really hard to address our own character defaults do to the influence of a substance. How I feel about that, is sometimes, almost always, that the picture shows another page, not just the alcohol. I go to court ordered meetings as well. I have come to the conclusion, that there job is to get us through the course, it’s our job is to be there. Where you feel like you should be is all up to you. But so far, look at yourself, you are doing fine with yourself. Depression comes from your own guilt and how you feel about where your going, It’s not always an tour, but that’s oK

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  18. Susie b says:
    July 26, 2011 at 1:16 am

    Well, it may be cause your court ordered to go and not not there of your own free will, if you don’t believe you have a problem its not going to work for you

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