Aa big book criticism

The program actually involves the big book of aas twelve steps. Criticism in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and. Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either alcoholics anonymous. Table of contents 01001 new york times, june 25, 1939 01002 journallancet, vol. Criticize in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Big book thumpers and aa critics fall prey to a common stereotype about what defines aa its a myth that alcoholics anonymous is a. Does alcoholics anonymous work because its a form of. Another criticism of aa is that its founded on spiritual and peerbased counseling rather than medicine and science. Aa recovered alcoholics anonymous aa11 19,879 views. Steward said that with the help of the program and aa meetings, shes been sober for 10 years. The irrationality of alcoholics anonymous the atlantic. Harry emerson fosdick 01004 the christian science monitor, boston, august 17, 1939.

All i note violate a key aa tradition, alcoholics anonymous has no opinion on outside issues. Most people think of aa as a spiritual process with its main emphasis on giving it all up to god or a higher power. In addition, there has been a great deal of research which indicates that spirituality a vital component of 12step programs such as a. There have been numerous reprints and revisions, in addition to translations into dozens of languages. For me there is one overriding reason to critique the big book or any aa literature, custom, or practice, which is that attendance at aa meetings may be involuntary. Aa and the twelve steps come in for another drubbing.

Criticism in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Critics in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Five aa myths that critics and zealots share the fix. Alcoholics anonymous saved my life, but now ive lost my faith. And any suggestion that aa might be a flawed program, or not right for every addict, is met with. Chapter 5 how it works is titled the twelve steps for some reason and it only goes up to the part where it says being convinced, we were at step 3. No attention is given to the positive qualities of the person taking a selfinventory, yet it is most important to remember our good qualities while dealing with the negative ones. Is alcoholics anonymous really a harmful religious cult. If the family persists in criticism, this fallacy may take a still greater hold on father. People are forced to attend meetings, or face grave consequences.

The only other options, as asserted by the big book, are jails, institutions, and death. Its faithbased 12step program dominates treatment in the united states. Why some people swear by alcoholics anonymous and others. The big book was originally published in 1939 by aa founders bill w. Aa big book workshop, taking the 12 steps as done in the 1940s duration. There was a book that came out in 20 called inside rehab by anne fletcher, and that book found that up to 80 percent of all rehabs rely on aa. Find all uses of this word in the big book alcoholics anonymous and the twelve steps and twelve traditions of a. Critic faults alcoholics anonymous for lack of evidence. The big book includes an assertion first made in the second edition, which was published in 1955. When i started doing the steps, i didnt think they. But researchers have debunked central tenets of aa doctrine and found dozens of. My friend recently forwarded me the april 2015 atlantic magazine article the irrationality of alcoholics anonymous by gabrielle glaser. He asks why so few alcoholics are offered alternative.