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    <author><![CDATA[It'sachoice]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[My hope is that any addict who suffers unsustainable symptoms can find peace and sobriety. My hat is off to all who are involved in aiding fellows in achieving freedom from addiction.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[John Galleni]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Give me a break, Don't Get Me Started. AA dogma is not flexible as is claimed, and I have been to plenty of AA meetings.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[AA did NOT work for me]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[AA continually resists any efforts to quantify its results, claiming privacy for its members and that the program "works if you work it." That just means that if it works for you, credit goes to AA, but if it doesn't work for you, that's YOUR fault.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Charles]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[<br>
LifeRing and AA are OK. I attend both from time to time, as do others, although I do not dwell on this in either group. I benefited from SMART prior to its folding in my locale; monitoring SMART's website is still an option.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:22:22 -0700</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[pro choice]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I personally found AA to not be the best recovery fit for me. I did attend for four years and have  worked the 12 steps with a sponsor. As it turns out, Life ring secular recovery and the emphasis on personal empowerment has actually been a better match for me. Many struggle with some of the concepts in AA and I think it is important to recognize and inform about alternate choices now available for people recovering from addiction.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Leilani Clark]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[If you read the article carefully, you will see that Richard was speaking about the choices in his rehab program being limited, not to that AA itself . He says, "I'm not going to put down AA, because it's helped millions of people," says Richard. "They've inspired me and encouraged me. But I don't think it should be shoved down people's throat."
        
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          <a href="http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/Profile?oid=2196770">Leilani Clark</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:52:31 -0700</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Desmosabie]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["These are some TYPICAL MIS-MISCONCEPTIONS about N.A., N.A. IS NOT A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT, a temperance movement, a cure of or a cure all, N.A. does not prescribe or pay for the treatment of addicts, N.A. does not run recovery homes, rest homes or any other outside organization, THE SOLE PURPOSE OF N.A. IS TO HELP THE ADDICT WHO WANTS TO STOP USING" . <br>
  Meaning; regardless of anything else. <br>
I also understand and agree the plight of having an option in the courts and it's end result, yet his bases of reasoning is incorrect...from prejudice.<br>
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Explicitly Anonymous]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[It is great that the county courts are expanding the options they'll provide, and I say that as someone who attends a lot of AA meetings. The saying around those rooms is, "AA works if you work it," and there is a lot of emphasis on the "if."
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Amused]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Unfortunately AA is populated largely by zealous ranters, like "don't get me started". So is scientology.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[dont get me started]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[First of all, if Richard S. ever went to any 12 Step meetings and paid attention or read any 12 Step literature he would know that everything practiced in a 12 Step Program is "suggested" not "insisted" and/or has never been "shoved down anyone's  throat" and more importantly, it is not now nor ever has been a "religious" program. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[bykerr]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The statement that, "all references to 12 Step have been removed," is incorrect. The newly revised Participant's Guide to Drug Court says, "regular attendance at group self-help meetings such as a12 Step program or other alternative programs."
        
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:03:09 -0700</pubDate>
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