They are not powerless. They simply refuse to use their own power and instead choose to blame anyone else except themselves.
I understand your thinking. I used to think that too. What is the difference between someone who is powerless and someone who refuses to act? The outcome is the same. At some point, you have to let go and move on. AA takes the position that people can't/won't act on their own behalf and ascribes blame to an abstract entity. This removes a force from action on behalf of the individual who won't act on his own accord. The media and elites understand this very well.
That's cult thinking and leftist thinking. It's subversive.
Either you have personal responsibility or someone else does. That's why you have buddies in AA. They are there to control you. You both submit to AA's central authority. Hierarchy is shaped as a pyramid.
Surrendering personal responsibility will only ever create broken people. It doesn't matter if it is to God, in reality you've surrendered it to people within the AA organization masked behind the cloak of "God." They are no god. The result is a broken person who becomes dependent on others in the same way they are dependent on drugs. The result is still unhealthy, equally broken and dysfunctional people.
Better organizations exist. Organizations who are actually effective.
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