Why does it seem that Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) groups don’t get along?
February 16, 2012 - 3:57 am
Question by Left Footed: Why does it seem that Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) groups don’t get along?
Because I was in both programs, and the NA group never had anything good to say about AA. In fact, it was frowned upon if your sponsor was from AA!
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Answer by lynn
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February 16th, 2012 at 4:51 am
What makes you think that? I have never heard that. It doesn’t make sense, really, since a lot of people with drug problems also have alcohol problems.
February 16th, 2012 at 5:16 am
I’ve seen it for a couple of decades. Pretty dumb considering there is little difference between the two. AA considered drug users all criminals, NA considered AA folks stuck up.
I attended NA for awhile even though my real problem was alcohol. I had a background in drugs, but had quit them on my own; NA wasn’t as dogmatic on God as AA.
Even sillier is the feuding between CA (Cocaine Anonymous) and NA. Back in the days before crack, coke addicts didn’t want to hang out with what they considered low-class junkies, so they started CA.
February 16th, 2012 at 5:37 am
Yeah, you’re right. I don’t know why either. I was in AA for a long time and many people there definitely considered themselves superior to other types of addicts. Weird. But remember, AA (and the other programs too) are NOT really recovery programs; they are religious cults. It’s easier to understand them if you look at it from that perspective.