[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Molly Wolf]

I don't care what method people use to break out of alcohol addiction.  AA works for some, but it's never claimed to be The One True Solution.  I found it really useful in my own early days in recovery, and I know people who still find it invaluable after years of sobriety. The 12 Steps are a sound spiritual program. 

What does grind my gears is the dismissal of alcoholism as a problem.  Both of my parents were alcoholics, and it's not a teensy-bitty sniggery problem.  Alcoholism kills people, but first it destroys them, as it has destroyed Heather Cook.

I dislike boozy church functions and feel they're unnecessary.  The parish that I now attend doesn't serve alcohol.  It's not "self-righteousness" or Puritanism.  It's just the way things are done.

Molly


The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Nov 4, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 3:32 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm not in recovery. Have taken friends to AA until they got their
>> footing, though. Great program. Saves lives.
> 
> I've also heard good things about SMART Recovery, an alternative to AA
> that takes a different approach and works better for some folks:
> http://www.smartrecovery.org/
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA