[Magdalen] More Clergy DWI

[Jim Guthrie]

From: Lynn Ronkainen

>"Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.

The problem is that anecdotal information is not particularly trustworthy. And 
the Anonymous part keeps it that way, because it bars any reasonable study.

>Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give 
>themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are

Again, anecdotal and thus open to question. It's something akin to blaming a 
deceased person for being deceased because he "didn’t pray hard enough" -- which 
is sometimes heard in some religious circles (though never in TEC or Mainline 
church circles!).

And, of course, some take the sentencing of DWI perps to 12-step programs. It 
saves a huge amount on getting professional or psychiatric help, and we see 
thousands of repeat DWI offenders who’ve been sentenced to AA and return to the 
courts for DWI time and time again, with sentence to AA time and time again as 
well.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie