• glimse@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ahh my bad I misinterpreted.

    In high school I worked for the park district as a “building attendant” (basically cleaning up after events) and I was scheduled at AA meetings a lot. In my largely Christian hometown there was DEFINITELY a strong religious angle and it made me dislike AA for years. My friend attended meetings based out of a normal city, I’m sure that made a big difference

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      1 year ago

      That definitely may have been the issue too. I was in the southern US at the time in a heavily Christian town too.

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        1 year ago

        Pretty sure it started as a Christian organization but they’ve since dropped the strong connection as it was turning a lot of people off to it. They’re trying pretty hard to combat the stigma since young people are avoiding them. The average age of attendees has gone up by like a 15 years.