h2o4me2
08-15-2003, 02:10 AM
"Markus" <markusx14u@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:34:31 GMT, Blue Moon <mfoco_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 03:38:51 GMT, Markus <markusx14u@sbcglobal.net>
>
> > > Twelve-step programs do not work well for many people who come to them
> > > for help
>
> > Of those who actually do come to AA for help ....
>
> ...are sometimes led there due to being only told of AA. If they find
> they are resistant to the program or find they are having a hard time
> with it they are then erroneously told that the reason they are having
> such a hard time with step program of AA is because of them, not the
> philosophy or design of the program. That they are not "honestly"
> working the program.
>
> Never is it suggested to this person to try a non step program. Nor is
> it accepted, or even remotely acknowledged that the step program has
> been proven to appeal to only a very small group of people, and that
> most in the medical profession have serious reservations about the
> credibility of such an archaic program.
Never? That is just not true. When I attended XA I suggested on numerous
occasions that people try other methods to recover. If "most" medical
professionals have "serious" reservations about XA why do "most" recommend
XA to their patients who have substance abuse problems? Your statement about
most medical professionals is just not true also.
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> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:34:31 GMT, Blue Moon <mfoco_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 03:38:51 GMT, Markus <markusx14u@sbcglobal.net>
>
> > > Twelve-step programs do not work well for many people who come to them
> > > for help
>
> > Of those who actually do come to AA for help ....
>
> ...are sometimes led there due to being only told of AA. If they find
> they are resistant to the program or find they are having a hard time
> with it they are then erroneously told that the reason they are having
> such a hard time with step program of AA is because of them, not the
> philosophy or design of the program. That they are not "honestly"
> working the program.
>
> Never is it suggested to this person to try a non step program. Nor is
> it accepted, or even remotely acknowledged that the step program has
> been proven to appeal to only a very small group of people, and that
> most in the medical profession have serious reservations about the
> credibility of such an archaic program.
Never? That is just not true. When I attended XA I suggested on numerous
occasions that people try other methods to recover. If "most" medical
professionals have "serious" reservations about XA why do "most" recommend
XA to their patients who have substance abuse problems? Your statement about
most medical professionals is just not true also.