Drugs & Alcohol…
Nov 27, 07- (by marie)
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The Fellow Traveler says it best herself “I am an alcoholic/addict trying to live life on life’s terms.”
Monday, November 19, 2007
I know that there are a lot of dually addicted people, I am one of them. There are, however plenty of pure alcoholics out there, & in AA, that deserve to be able to come to an AA meeting for help with their alcoholism, & not have to hear about people sticking needles in their arms. We are getting a lot of meth addicts, and there are some pure addicts, that claim to be addicts, and not alcoholics, that come into AA to talk about their drugs and addictions. These people have been talked to, and they continue to do so. I believe they are hiding out, they don’t want to face their peers, or addictions. They come into an AA meeting and are still different, this is one of the things we have to get over, is feeling different, or unique.
It’s disrespecting AA, and the alcoholic. We’re getting a blending, and a move away from the singleness of purpose. What about the guy who has 15 or 20 yrs still needs to go to meetings to hear solutions to his alcoholism and continually hears about drugs and addictions and less about alcoholism? Is he going to go back out? Possibly. I learned in early recovery the difference between my drug addiction and my alcoholism and where to talk about them. Why aren’t these new people? I think for one they’re coming out of treatment centers that teach a drug is a drug is a drug. Alcohol may be a drug, but it is not a narcotic, nor is it addictive, for it to be addictive, you have to be an alcoholic. Then you have narcotics. Anybody can get addicted to those. This is my understanding and how it was explained to me.
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