I strongly dislike AA and addicts in recovery

[Santiago Ram]

Sure I struggle with addiction.

But these people aré VERY proud and make me, massively proud, arrogant and narcissistic.

Socializing with them (even though AA…there clean) Is turning me into a Ginormous Devil.

I have to leave them. Forever.

Edited June 18 by Santiago Ram

[LordFall]

Healthy pride is a good thing. 

[Keryo Koffa]

Making it a whole cornerstone of their identity feels just like religious folks coping nihilism with delusion.
It feels cringe, because they keep up a goody two shoes façade, creating a personal devil to live in opposition to.
Which is a property of one's state of consciousness and experiences of course, but that's where the reactions come from.

And that's why I couldn't sit through the first episode of Euphoria, also reminds me of (the start of) Fight Club tbh.

Edited June 19 by Keryo Koffa

[Aaron p]

I don't like the whole thing where you stand up and identify yourself as an "alcoholic" or "addict." Intuitively, I think that kind of reinforces the ego identity of addiction

[Mada_]

AA philosophy lines up with what I understood from book 1 Conversations Aith God, the book is potentially quite a pure teaching. From memory Carl Jung assisted in writing it

Try to integrate the teachings whilst tolerating or ignoring the difficult people you meet 

[Cheese]

I did experience my AA meetings that way after a few months of sobrerity. But yeah most addicts are some of the most damaged people, AA might purge a bit of the selfishness to not go back drinking but not more than that. Atleast in my AA group most people, including myself, hang on in the beginning of their sobrerity for a few months and then leave. It gave me a boost in remembering how horrible drinking was, but being a damaged individual amongst other damaged individuals does so much for healing, better to spend time with "ordinary" people and build a new life.