It's important to not completely ignore the anti-steppers. While the AA program and the 12 steps are a very effective way that keep countless alcoholics and drug addicts clean and sober one day at a time, they are not perfect. A good member of AA is open to criticism and complaint.
Yes, there is a lot of anger and hostility among a lot of anti-steppers, and, yes, it is toxic for an alcoholic in recovery to associate too much with people with the hateful world view many anti-steppers have (this is one of the big reasons I don't allow comments here: I'm not about to let the bitter resentful anti-steppers choose when they can try to poison my mind with their hatred), but there are nuggets of legitimate criticism which AA members should heed.
This is going to probably be my last blog post for a while; I have also decided to no longer post in that far too long flamewar which the comments section of Glaser's hit piece has become. I will conclude my discussion of Glaser's latest click bait piece with a couple of articles which discuss it:
https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/lindas-corner-office/2015/03/alcoholics-anonymous-irrational/ There are good comments in the comment section here; infinitely better signal to noise ratio than the mire that is the comments for Glaser's latest hit piece.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tommy-rosen/spirituality-versus-scien_b_6909290.html Not as good of a rebuttal to Glaser's hit piece as the New York Magazine piece, but raises some interesting points. Also: http://highfunctioningalcoholics.com/content/critique-of-gabrielle-glasers-atlantic-article-irrationality-of-aa/
The science against AA is at best murky; it's not scientifically an open and shut case like evolution, vaccinations, or climate change.
One last thing: The opinions expressed in this blog are my own and do not represent the opinions of Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole. In fact, Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues.
