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Metalhead's latest activity

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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    Assholes Anonymous is better off without my participation. Seeing as most of the men there are predators who will jump on any young...
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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    Oh, I was told there was nothing to forgive. I’m the asshole, remember? I owe my aunt amends, not the other way around. I think I am...
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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    Oh, my sponsor told me she deserved my empathy because hurt people hurt people.
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    Metalhead reacted to JayLapointe's post in the thread AA sucks. with
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    That is horrendous mate. Certainly would never think to make "amends" to that sort of thing, or even to forgive them. Some things can't...
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    You need to get help with your anger. You are absolutely justified in feeling the way you do - but you need to find a way to work...
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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    I agree. I do not want to be stuck here forever.
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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    I believe my aunt deserves the death penalty. Coercing me into degrading sex acts and then telling me I almost murdered her baby in her...
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    Metalhead reacted to Neonatal RRT's post in the thread AA sucks. with
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    Wow! That's messed up. That's a whole different mindset than what I would have.
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    Metalhead reacted to JayLapointe's post in the thread AA sucks. with
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    That is seriously messed up. That isn't making amends. That sounds like retraumatizing the poor individual. If you got abused as a child...
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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    Seriously, I went to a couple of AA speaker meetings where the guys talked about how they made amends to people who raped them when they...
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    I have been back and forth on how I feel about AA and where I'm at now is that I think AA can be useful for some. Particularly those...
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    Not surprising. No telling how many addicts out there truly require professional attention as opposed to the good intentions of...
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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    I got my recovery in addiction centered professional therapy.
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    It might be worth doing some research just to see what you can find in terms of AA's formal explanations of their methodologies, and...
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    Metalhead replied to the thread AA sucks..
    When I mentioned I felt bad for my cousins that my aunt also sexually molested, somebody from AA told me I did not care about my cousins...
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