Ep 180 12 Ways AA Makes You the Problem When You Leave

Timestamps

00:00 AA Shutdown Playbook Intro

03:10 1 - Make It Personal Immediately

06:28 2 - Assume Motive You Can't Know

10:09 3 - Invoke Slogans As Sacred Truth

15:48 4 - Announce Sober Time

19:46 5 - Reduce AA to the Big Book

22:33 6 - Ignore Harm Entirely

27:48 7 - Turn Anecdotes Into Universal Laws

33:20 8 - Claim Superiority Through Suffering

35:08 9 - Label Dissent As Denial

37:46 10 - Declare Never A "Real Alcoholic"

40:22 11 - Truth Claims Without Data, Evidence, Citation

42:46 12 - End With Righteousness

Resources for deconstructing AA:

👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more)

📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books)

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