“Addiction is not a moral defect, and to suggest that does a great disservice to people suffering with this disorder.” — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“This is the point where the knowing, irony-infused author laughs along with his readers about his time among the aphorisms, how he… — David Carr Copy Share Image
“AA makes inflated claims about itself. Its foundational document, Alcoholics Anonymous (commonly referred to as the “Big Book” and a perennial best… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.” — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Danny strolled to the town common, sat on one of the benches in Teenytown and took one of the bottles out of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Methods to produce an android app As the need for android is enhancing in the modern-day world, designers have a much better… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the one-treatment-fits-all approach, clients sit in group meetings all day and all evening and listen to each other stories. At the… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“I have met and listened to a very large number of people who have “failed” at AA and some who continue to… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“The degradation woven through these steps also seems unwittingly designed to exacerbate, rather than relieve, the humiliating feelings so common in addiction.… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“...one of the primary differences between alcoholics and nonalcoholics is that nonalcoholics change their behavior to meet their goals and alcoholics change… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I've been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: "Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior,… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“They sound like the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself on the head with a hammer so that… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We should be sensible, tactful, considerate and humble without being servile or scraping. As God's people we stand on our feet; we… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Although I hate to read publicly, I began to get addicted to speaking publicly. For a grandiose opportunist like myself, AA can… — Jeff Nichols Copy Share Image
“AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, "The only requirement for AA membership is a… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Alcoholics Anonymous was proclaimed the correct treatment for alcoholism over seventy-five years ago despite the absence of any scientific evidence of the… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“....the Crocodiles say they can't even begin to say how many new guys they've seen Come In and then get sucked back… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Every year, our state and federal governments spend over $15 billion on substance-abuse treatment for addicts, the vast majority of which are… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“People suffering with addictions as a rule tend to be well aware of the many “wrongs” they have committed. Awareness of this… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Going to rehab” is likewise a common refrain in music and film, where it is almost always uncritically presented as the one… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“To this day, I am amazed at how many of my problems - most of which had nothing to do with drinking,… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“AA has managed to survive, in part, because members who become and remain sober speak and write about it regularly. This is… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Peer-reviewed studies peg the success rate of AA somewhere between 5 and 10 percent. That is, about one of every fifteen people… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“There is nothing inherently wrong with apologizing to those who have been harmed, directly or indirectly, by the consequences of addiction. The… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“It will take time to clear away the wreck. Though old buildings will eventually be replaced by finer ones, the new structures… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
