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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 755292" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>When I have gone to AA meetings, the leader has completed verification forms. You can find them online. It is typical in my community that people are court-referred, and their attendance at group is a condition to not be remanded to jail, for instance. I do not know if groups differ with respect to completing verification for non-legal reasons. </p><p></p><p>I do see the point that recovery needs to be sought by the addict. And ideally, this is the case. However, I have seen and heard about many people who begin the process to comply with legal requirements, pressure, and then something in them kicks in. This is how "interventions" work. People are pressured to put themselves into recovery and once going through the motions, they come to buy in. </p><p></p><p>When you think about it, doesn't this make sense? As addicts the addiction is in charge. The addiction doesn't want to stop. But there is a person inside who is different and distinct from the addiction. At meetings, in treatment, there is the chance for the "person" to emerge from the addiction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 755292, member: 18958"] When I have gone to AA meetings, the leader has completed verification forms. You can find them online. It is typical in my community that people are court-referred, and their attendance at group is a condition to not be remanded to jail, for instance. I do not know if groups differ with respect to completing verification for non-legal reasons. I do see the point that recovery needs to be sought by the addict. And ideally, this is the case. However, I have seen and heard about many people who begin the process to comply with legal requirements, pressure, and then something in them kicks in. This is how "interventions" work. People are pressured to put themselves into recovery and once going through the motions, they come to buy in. When you think about it, doesn't this make sense? As addicts the addiction is in charge. The addiction doesn't want to stop. But there is a person inside who is different and distinct from the addiction. At meetings, in treatment, there is the chance for the "person" to emerge from the addiction. [/QUOTE]
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