AA Agnostica and AA Beyond Belief are two websites that target literature that is published by other organisations at atheist / agnostic A.A. members. These sites have encouraged the formation of an affiliated movement of atheist / agnostic groups within A.A. There has been some conflict between some of these groups and some A.A. intergroups.
Alongside the promotion of interpretations of the Twelve Steps published by other organisations and articles that undermine A.A. Traditions, the AA Agnostica website also includes articles that promote "Faces and Voices of Recovery" and William L. White.
William L. White, a former amphetamine addict, was trained in Gateway House (1), one of the first generation Synanon cult based Therapeutic Communities that were spawned from Synanon and Daytop Village (2). Faces and Voices of Recovery is the organisational centre of the Recovery Advocacy Movement.
The AA Agnostica and AA Beyond Belief websites and affiliated groups illustrate how A.A. is being infiltrated by the Recovery Movement via the internet.
Whether religious fundamentalist, atheist / agnostic or just plain indifferent, it appears that many A.A. members have no idea how much they are being exploited and manipulated by the Synanon Therapeutic Communities/12-Step industry.
References:
(1) "Recovery Rising - Review" https://aaagnostica.org/2017/12/07/recovery-rising-review/
(2) "Synanon Cult influence on Alcoholics Anonymous, Addiction Treatment and the Criminal Justice System 1968-2017" Section 2.2.3, Page 7
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