tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post964008723136487711..comments2024-03-29T02:07:13.583+00:00Comments on Geoff's Shorts: Episode V: The Moonies Strike BackAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548882212024368758noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-33778556131400167032012-12-07T14:16:14.165+00:002012-12-07T14:16:14.165+00:00I love the Gay apocalypse! More pleaseI love the Gay apocalypse! More pleaseFergal Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717439192502137132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-2196347870881145852012-12-07T14:15:55.264+00:002012-12-07T14:15:55.264+00:00I love the Gay apocalypse! More pleaseI love the Gay apocalypse! More pleaseFergal Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717439192502137132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-52684846353702235732012-04-25T12:54:44.759+01:002012-04-25T12:54:44.759+01:00There's nothing like a good, well thought out ...There's nothing like a good, well thought out and reasoned response to get you thinking.<br /><br />and that's nothing like a . . .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666410778595763189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-25019255367865471692012-04-25T06:32:19.368+01:002012-04-25T06:32:19.368+01:00Hi David,
Did I promise? Drat, I do apologise. Al...Hi David,<br /><br />Did I promise? Drat, I do apologise. Also as I recall I just mentioned AA - I don't know much about rational recovery (or secular sobriety for that matter). I thought it would be something of a slam-dunk post, I read an article with some figures on AA's success rate which put them at about 5%, which is below the success rate of not seeking treatment.<br /><br />There's also the fact that they're largely independent and autonomous groups which means individual chapters can develop some worrying behaviours.<br /><br />Then, later research cast some doubt on the figures I'd found. Much more significantly I met a chap who'd been sober for 20 years, still attends meetings twice a week, and made a fairly convincing if anecdotal case that, while it didn't convince me entirely of AA's efficacy, definitely robbed me of my certainty to the contrary. Not that it hugely matters, but he's an atheist (raging antitheist, really) and considers the God reference to refer to Group of Orderly Drunks.<br /><br />Personally, if my drinking worried me, my first port of call would be my doctor.<br /><br />I'm afraid I'm not going to go ahead with that piece.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925999586920385972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028643425691313983.post-28679958993308335182012-04-25T01:16:09.817+01:002012-04-25T01:16:09.817+01:00still waiting patiently for that piece you promise...still waiting patiently for that piece you promised a while back, comparing AA to rational recovery...<br />cheers<br />David George TaylorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com