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| Originally posted by Suburbanite,+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Suburbanite,)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>they all smoke and drink coffee because replacing addictions with less serious ones helps.[/b] |
<!--QuoteBegin-Gorgo Helps what? Helps them to be addicted to something else? [/quote]OK I see what you are saying now, Gorgo. I agree we shouldnt take up new addictions to replace another. Like switching from from Scotch to heroin or vice versa. Or to take up cigs and coffee to replace beer.
But I dont think thats what is happening. People come to AA and NA with these lesser addictions and the program doesnt give anyone any grief about it because we need to take care of 1st things 1st. Heres a good story about it :
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| AA Big Book chapter 9 Here is a case in point: One of our friends is a heavy smoker and coffee drinker. There was no doubt he over- indulged. Seeing this, and meaning to be helpful, his wife commenced to admonish him about it. He admitted he was overdosing these things, but frankly said that he was not ready to stop. His wife is one of those persons who really feels there is something rather sinful about these commodities, so she nagged, and her intolerance finally threw him into a fit of anger. He got drunk. |
One of our mottos is
First Things First. Its not about becoming a saint, its about saving your life, at first. Later we can make progress in other areas.
After we get solid footing in the most critical/primary addiction.