Re: The Rat Bastards At A@E

[Guest guest]

i would have reminded the asshole about his drinking right

there. this was such he public relations coup for AA, they clearly

handpicked everything A & E saw. and A & E to to their discredit

seems to have not ventured in slightest from what they were

being feed.

[Guest guest]

Phew!

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>Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups

>To: 12-step-freeegroups

>Subject: The Rat Bastards At A@E

>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:48:24 -0000

>

>Ok so I am quite pathetic in the fact that I tape everything that I

>watch. I have to because I have a poor attention span. Upon further

>review I discovered that not only was that a show geared toward the

>endorsment of AA, I believe it was in direct retaliation of the 20/20

>program. (I taped that As well) Do you realize that they never gave

>a set of statistics as to AA recidivism rates? And not one of

>there " stars " ever spoke of relapse. Never had one? And the old dude

>at the end says people ask him all the time about his secret to life

>and he says I quote if you drink you die, I dont drink thats why I am

>still alive. I guess his liver thanks him. Anyway.

>How about the Taj Mahal meeting and the sparkling clean coffee

>pots?? Once when I was living in a park in Schenectady Ny, I would

>see the Aa's coming and going from there club house.I had been to

>many meeting there, but I was not allowed to speak or talk to anyone

>because I was in a tc at the time.Anyway the point is is that it was

>hot and I thought let me just go in sit in the back on the couch, and

>cool of , mabey get some water or juice. And you know what? I was

>there for two minutes and was asked politley to leave, as this was a

>CLOSED meeting. As I gathered my bags and walked to the door, A man

>who had been matching me shot for shot a week ago in a hole in the

>wall biker bar, stood to recieve his 90 day coin, and pointed at me

>and said There but for the grace of god go I , or some bullshit. So I

>turned around and lifted up the table with beverages and cookies and

>coffe and tipped the whole fucking thing to the floor. I was arrested

>in the park 2 days later for disorderly conduct and get this

>TRESPASSING!!!!! How I wish that was caught on film like everyone

>else is these days . Where was the helping hand of AA? I wasnt even

>drunk that day, just hot and tired.

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