This video by "Commonsense" explains the Anti-AA.
What is the AntiAA, and why are we Anti AA?
The answer to this question varies from person to person.
Most of us, maybe all of us, are former members of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Many of us were fully indoctrinated, true believers in the cult of AA.
We tried our best to have faith, and tried to do as we were told,
but somewhere along the line our powers of reason took over.
We woke up, and we opened our eyes.
Some of us went online in our search for answers.
We wanted to know why our AA experience was so very different
from that of all the members we knew who continued to love AA.
When we asked questions online, we were immediately attacked.
We were vilified, accused of "bashing" Alcoholics Anonymous.
Current AA members told us that we would drink, and die.
They told us that our questioning of AA was killing drunks.
We were told that we were angry and bitter, failed alcoholics,
that we were dishonest, still drinking, and hadn't worked the steps.
We were shocked by this reaction.
We still half believed in the Promises made to us by the Big Book and our sponsors.
We still half believed that working the steps could make us happy, joyous, and free.
Slowly, through the reactions of current AA members, we began to see the light.
We came to realize that we had been brainwashed in AA.
We began to suspect that we would not automatically drink and die,
just because we had decided to leave Alcoholics Anonymous behind us.
We began to realize that the behaviors and attitudes of AA members that had
made us uncomfortable in "the rooms" were not mere figments of our imaginations.
We began to see just how much pressure we had been under to conform,
to shut up and go along with the group, to keep our doubts to ourselves.
We realized just how forcefully we had been taught to pretend.
"Fake it til you make it" is the AA way.
We were too honest to fake it.
Intellect and reason are the enemies of Alcoholics Anonymous.
"You cannot be too stupid for this simple program, but you can be too smart".
You'll often hear this cliche among members of the AA fellowship.
We were too smart for AA.
The AntiAA is not an organization.
We have no leader, no headquarters, and we don't pass the basket.
We don't hold meetings, or know each others' names.
We don't know how many of us there are.
Most of us have never met.
We make videos, and blogs, and we speak our truths.
For doing this we are under attack by current AA members.
Our websites are aggressively trolled, hacked, and shut down.
But we don't stop.
We all have different motives for standing up against the institution of AA.
Some want to warn alcoholics who might be harmed by exploitation by AA members.
Some of us want to stop the US courts from violating our constitutional rights
when the judge orders offenders to attend AA meetings.
We want others to know that we did not die when we quit AA.
We want others to know that we did not return to drinking.
We try to tell others about alternatives to AA.
There are many alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous.
If we continue to spread the word, more and better methods
of recovery from alcoholism and addiction will be developed and used.
It's already happening!
Let's keep this ball rolling!
You can find another treatment.
You don't have to join AA.
Vive la révolution!
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