What is aacultwatch?

Answer 1

aacultwatch is an organisation which has been set up by members of Alcoholics Anonymous who are concerned about the development of a movement in AA that we refer to as a cult.

It is our view that this cult has as its aims the control of AA in Great Britain and the promulgation of its own version of the recovery program that is both a corruption of the message and the spirit of the Fellowship.

It is our intention to describe the historical development of the cult, its diffusion within AA and an indication of its current distribution throughout Great Britain. Additionally we will be examining some of the reported features by which members may identify whether one or more of these groups is operating in their area. We will further explore some of the strategies that these cult groups use in order to promote their own agenda to the detriment of mainstream AA, the means by which they recruit new members and control their behaviour, and further seek to bolster their credibility within AA by co-opting "bleeding deacons". We will look at their subversion of the AA message that underpins their abusive sponsorship styles. It should be observed at this point that individuals should be very careful not to jump to conclusions purely on the basis of the evidence presented here. We strongly advise each member to investigate for themselves the veracity of our claims and test our assertions against their own experience and observation.

Our aim is to raise awareness of this threat and encourage members to act according to their conscience to marginalise this movement. Local members are in the best position to judge what should be done in their area but already some experience has been gained in the Fellowship on how to respond to this malign influence and some of these ideas are also presented below.

Finally we seek to restore AA to a healthily disorganised state where no faction within the Fellowship may seek to impose its will upon the rest and that the rights of the individual are always upheld.