Nice one, Matt. I love NA - I mean really love it. But only about 10% of it. I think the whole God thing is a real drag on the fellowship. The amount of times I've picked someone up who just got out of prison and on the walk to the meeting said "They're going to talk about God - and they're going to hold hands and pray at the end". It's at that point they've already made their decision to never go to another meeting. I believe addiction is a choice, not a disease. And we make bad choices when our lives are not fulfilling. Fellowships can help with such things, they can help us make better decisions. Other people can help. Historically loaded religious deities, not so much.
Nice one, Matt. I love NA - I mean really love it. But only about 10% of it. I think the whole God thing is a real drag on the fellowship. The amount of times I've picked someone up who just got out of prison and on the walk to the meeting said "They're going to talk about God - and they're going to hold hands and pray at the end". It's at that point they've already made their decision to never go to another meeting. I believe addiction is a choice, not a disease. And we make bad choices when our lives are not fulfilling. Fellowships can help with such things, they can help us make better decisions. Other people can help. Historically loaded religious deities, not so much.