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The Anonymous People (2013)
Contempt prior to investigation is ignorance said Herbert Spencer
I am a person in recovery. This morning, as part of my start to each day, I read something that reminded me that no particular 12 step organization has a monopoly on a solution to my problem. For that matter there are many solutions to my problem. However and this is just my opinion, I found a solution that works and it is one prior to it's birth in the 1930's men like me were locked up or died. It's a solution contained in a book that in 1987 I paid $4.00 for. It contains a simple set of instructions that if more or less followed, as written, solved my problem with "the drink". They have also taught me a way of life, (NOT A CULT) that helps me to live by the golden rule. Period. I don't need to drink, so I don't drink and I am able with help of others, solve my problems and face life's challenges successfully. I am also there when other need my help.
I was invited to a screening of The Anonymous People this past Wednesday. I like what I saw. Nothing I saw was inconsistent with the traditions of any of the 12 step recovery programs as I understand them. WARNING: This movie does not offer a solution to addiction. It reports that there is a problem in America with addiction that kills a lot of people and it suggests that we need to expose that problem to the light of day. Cancer and AIDS are diseases that have solutions, so is addiction and addiction kills more of us than those two diseases. I would suggest that if you know someone with an addiction issue, see this documentary, understand it is not a moral issue, it is a disease and then help them or yourself find a solution. There are lots of solutions, 12 step programs seem to work too!