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Why is it that in a support group, you only talk about yourself?

  • some random rant

    Say we start a support group right here in this little corner of Allphilosophy. Why is it that we are here to support each other, but in doing so, we're only talking about ourselves? Have you ever visited an AA meeting? I supporting the speaker, the audience all says the same thing st the same time... that doesn't really seem like thy're really listening to you, does it? and in those little circles that you see in the movies, you go around the circle and each person talks about themselves. Whoever's at the head of the group merely talks to one person at a time... like therapy, but with more people in the room, and sitting in a group... what good is that supposed to do?

    50%  Voted for by neptune, drkbrdmstr.
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  • Self exposure

    Ever thought that maybe some people don't get much of a chance to talk about themselves? I used to go to therapy and I was told to talk about myself, about my life, my past. It helped me understand myself and change the way I was to live a more fulfilled life.

    Voted for by PurplePayne.
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  • As an AA member

    I can say the entire purpose of only relaying your experiences is that they are just that - YOUR experiences. The idea is to encourage the listener to share of themselves through a sense of recognition with the events you yourself are relaying, since addiction is essentialy a disease of solitude. And a person suffering from addiction will typicaly also be suffering from the disease of disconnection.

    Voted for by Z-0.
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