Summary: Monica from Stop13 step and Leaving AA blogs and Ryan from his new blog (www.steppingonsuicide.blogspot.com) discuss Ryan's thoughts about his younger sister's recent suicide and how it's so closely related to her AA involvement. With it's dogmatic culture, unsupportive relationships and 'bossy" sponsors and sexual predators members fear to speak the truth. Medical Professionals, Judges and Therapist suggest 12 Step when many of them have never even stepped into a meeting. Neither are they warned that if they don't "Play the Game" and talk the talk and drink the kool-aid...they may be ostricized.
