This will be a mixture of things on my mind recently.
I have been studying AA, that’s right, anonymous. Ever since I started working in an alcohol and drug treatment center 7 years ago, I have had suspicions about the claims that it is a Christian centered program. I am here to say it is any thing but. It is barely God centered, let alone Christ centered which is what Christian means. It is god centered however, notice small g. AA allows for you to choose you own higher power including the AA group itself if you choose. Jesus is not mentioned in the material. And let me sum it up here for now although i will have more on this i am sure. Jesus says in John 14:6-I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Notice he did not say a way, a truth, a life. He said THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE.
Next on my mind is the whole pharmaceutical realm of my job. I have done some study on this as well, and I am here to say that antideppressants are not the answer and in fact in some if not many cases , the problem. The pharmaceutical companies do stand to make billions on drug sales and millions on pychotropic drugs alone(mood stabelizers, antidepressants, anti anxiety meds). Anti-Depressants (specifically ones called SSRIs) mess with you brain chemicals in ways unknown. This is common knowledge to drug companies and the FDA. It is true it may help with mood…for awhile but is the UNKNOWNS that i am not comfortable. Consider this, suicide attempts particularly in teens has increased since main stream use of SSRIs. For my purposes today i won’t even touch on the physical implications these drugs may have. Oh wait, being dead is a physical implication. Bottome line…..life’s troubles do cause saddness and depression. If a loved one dies and a no sadness was felt, that would not be normal. If a divorce did not cause stress that would be unusal. I believe using medication as the first couse of dealing with life is never going to solve the pronblem long term. Now Jesus says he Has come that we might have life and have it to the fullest…now that is a perscription for Life I can get behind!
