In Louisville, Ky, for instance, there are 400-500 A.A. meetings a week. Some of you in this thread say, "all A.A. meetings are immoral...blah, blah, blah." I know a guy who got sober in 1961, and at the time there were 17 A.A. meetings in the Louisville area. Are you telling me that A.A. meetings were immoral in 1961. Absolute rubbish. Are there people in A.A. who blaspheme, fornicate, etc.? Absolutely. Are there traditional Catholics in A.A. who do not do these things? Absolutely. What is the point here? It is completely illogical to demean an organization because some of its members are immoral. If the truth be told the majority of baptized Catholics in America are immoral. Does this mean that I should not become a Catholic because the majority of its members are immoral?
A.A. in its own literature does not promote any religion and its sole purpose is to "help alcoholics achieve sobriety." And besides each A.A. meeting is "autonomous" meaning that the homegroup members of that particular meeting can establish rules particular to that meeting. You can have a meeting with "no cussing," "men only," "women only," "a shirt and tie meeting," etc. If you want a little A.A. history, there was a meeting in the 60's where they actually had a beer machine. Put your money in and get a beer. Some alcoholics wrote to New York City (headquarters) and said, "We do not think that an A.A. meeting should be serving beer." Central Office replied, "While we do not recommend that an A.A. meeting should serve beer, however, each A.A. group is autonomous and can create its own rules so long as it does not violate A.A.'s Traditions."
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