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		throwaway729 on Nov 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The war on drugs has failed: doctors should lead c... AA represents all of the same bad thought habits that caused the WoD: overly zealous religiosity, junk science, moralizing health issues. It's a bad joke.

Broken_Hippo on Nov 23, 2016 [–]

I agree. I've met one single person that said it helped them: They replaced their alcoholism with tattoos and religion. Unfortunately it did nothing to help the lingering mental health issues he had, and he missed being more social.

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