ext_362118 ([identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_earthshine_/) wrote in [personal profile] sarahmichigan 2010-05-20 11:30 pm (UTC)

(part 2 of 2)

(cont'd from above)

Speaking purely pragmatically, then, would dispelling that myth do good? Hard to say. For every person with a "drinking problem" who avoids AA, you might have a true alcoholic in denial also avoiding AA because they think they only have a "drinking problem". Maybe it'd be a wash.

*IF* there were treatment options for those people that could diagnose which they were and fwd the true alcoholics to AA, and *if* people would use them, then i guess dispelling the myth would be good.

... and then i think there's the point you're making, which is that if the myth were dispelled, people would stop relying on AA as a cure-all for people in both groups, and we'd recognize the need to offer those treatment options. This is also a strong argument.

So i guess in the end i agree with your original point, but with a few semantic clarifications and caveats in play. :D


(Also, sorry that was so long!)

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