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Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
Bow
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Date: March 08, 2016 01:12AM
I want some help getting over my drinking habit, but I don't want to go to AA, seeing as believing in a god / higher power is a necessity. Are there any good alternatives here? I also like the idea of a group meeting. I think it may help with my social anxiety as well.
Re: Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
Al Coholic
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Date: March 08, 2016 01:58AM
Don't be a quitter. Life is so much better when you're drunk.
Re: Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
when you have had enough
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Date: March 08, 2016 07:27AM
Bow Wrote:
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> I want some help getting over my drinking habit,
> but I don't want to go to AA, seeing as believing
> in a god / higher power is a necessity. Are there
> any good alternatives here? I also like the idea
> of a group meeting. I think it may help with my
> social anxiety as well.
There are lots of Atheists in AA. To get through the steps you to have to appeal to a 'God of your understanding/higher power' - basically you can make one up. Its cognitive behavioral training not religion. Make reality your 'higher power.'
Anyway go to meetings and feel free to share out loud you dont believe in God and never will. Tell them you think the idea of believing in God is totally nuts. I would bet the majority of the people there would say they totally understand and many will say they agree. Its not church (meetings often are inside churches though). The single solitary reason people go to AA meetings is to keep from drinking. Period.
You will go when you have had enough, I hope that is before you get sick, die, go to jail or hurt someone else.
http://aavirginia.org/hp/meetings/waw.asp?search=true
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> I want some help getting over my drinking habit,
> but I don't want to go to AA, seeing as believing
> in a god / higher power is a necessity. Are there
> any good alternatives here? I also like the idea
> of a group meeting. I think it may help with my
> social anxiety as well.
There are lots of Atheists in AA. To get through the steps you to have to appeal to a 'God of your understanding/higher power' - basically you can make one up. Its cognitive behavioral training not religion. Make reality your 'higher power.'
Anyway go to meetings and feel free to share out loud you dont believe in God and never will. Tell them you think the idea of believing in God is totally nuts. I would bet the majority of the people there would say they totally understand and many will say they agree. Its not church (meetings often are inside churches though). The single solitary reason people go to AA meetings is to keep from drinking. Period.
You will go when you have had enough, I hope that is before you get sick, die, go to jail or hurt someone else.
http://aavirginia.org/hp/meetings/waw.asp?search=true
Re: Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
AA is free
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Date: March 08, 2016 07:30AM
CATS http://www.inova.org/healthcare-services/behavioral-health/cats/index.jsp
Costs $$$ AA is free pretty much same shit different cost.
Costs $$$ AA is free pretty much same shit different cost.
Re: Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
Vaccu-U-Jack
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Date: March 08, 2016 10:03AM
AA Meetings are a great place to pick-up slutty little tramps that drink like a fish, and suck dick like a machine.
Re: Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
BestAlternatives4U
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Date: March 08, 2016 02:11PM
Per your request I've listed the very best alternatives for you in the Centreville/Chantilly area.
ABC Store
Center wood Plaza
14151 St Germain Dr
Centreville, VA
ABC Store
Sully Station Shopping Center
5109 Westfields Blvd
Centreville, VA
ABC Store
13944 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy
Chantilly, VA
ABC Store
Center wood Plaza
14151 St Germain Dr
Centreville, VA
ABC Store
Sully Station Shopping Center
5109 Westfields Blvd
Centreville, VA
ABC Store
13944 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy
Chantilly, VA
Re: Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
AAalt
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Date: March 08, 2016 02:44PM
Arlington or Alexandria. More about taking personal responsibility rather than surrendering to a higher power.
http://www.smartrecovery.org/meetings_db/view/
http://www.smartrecovery.org/meetings_db/view/
Re: Alcoholics Anonymous alternative in Centreville / Chantilly
Posted by:
recoveritall
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Date: March 08, 2016 04:48PM
I agree. AA is not really all that religious and many to most of the attendees are not that religious. It's not like you are going to church or anything.