[Magdalen] More Clergy DWI

[Catharine Phillips]

I like the statement that AA is a program of attraction, not coercion. Yep.
Until consequences are bad enough, there is little impetus to change.



On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> IMNSHO, AA is damaged by judges who order DWI defendants to attend
> meetings. The defendants don't want to be there, period, and are often
> disruptive. AA is a program of *attraction*, not coercion, and says so
> itself. AA has been too damn nice about taking these people, and I
> understand why, but it's time they stand up and say "No more!" If a judge
> wouldn't order someone found guilty of driving under the influence of pills
> or heroin to an NA group, then that judge damn well shouldn't be ordering
> the same person found guilty of DWI to AA. Send 'em to rehab, or send 'em
> to jail. That is all.
>
> Grumpily,
> Jay
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My partner was helped, to some degree, by this alternative to AA:
> >
> > http://www.smartrecovery.org/
> >
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> >
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> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>



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*Catharine Phillips, MA, MDiv, CADC*


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