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Joe, I don't mean to knock AA. I'm not talking trash about it.
I simply cannot commit to the 12 step programme due to my atheism. IS that stronger than my desire to quit? Well it seems so. I wouldn't ask someone with deeply held religious beliefs to give them up in the name of treatment; I know they would simply hold their beliefs in private and live a lie.
It seems to be universally the go-to place for anyone who is really committed to sobriety. And there are so many high profile advocates. So of course I feel frustrated that I am excluded from the outset. I don't blame AA, I'm just explaining why it's not a solution for me. And not even something I can work on.
This is not a position of superiority, just the musings of an outsider.
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