Should you turn in someone that killed someone? AA issue?

March 14, 2010 admin 9 comments

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That question shocked me. An AA sponsor explained that his sponsee confessed to killing a person while driving drunk. He asked whether he should turn him in. All the AA people said NOT to turn him in while non-AA affiliated people said to definately turn him in.

This goes on a LOT in AA. I used to go to meetings. I have witnessed similar things.

Why do they have such a skewed moral system? Legally, the sponsor/sponsee relationship has no priveledge of confidentiality.

I think AAers put sobriety above everything else. The point of confessing wrongs is not to be a better person and ease the pain of victims, it is to feel less guilty so you stay sober….

What would you do in his situation? Please tell me of you are an AA member or not…..

Why do they think this way??

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Written by catwoman1314 about 2 years ago.

AA confidentiality is between peers,not law.
Written by seaeagle8709 about 2 years ago.

AA is an organization which prides itself on anonymity and therefore what is said there, stays there.
However, in this case you are very correct in reporting this crime. The members’ know that alcoholism is a serious issue, but murder is a major crime and must be reported. You don’t have to reveal any of the AA members names, just report the crime. God’s speed to you.
Written by Brian H about 2 years ago.

Quite obviously you never derrived a single point from the 3 meetings that you attended otherwise you would not be sitting here shooting off at the gums. You just don’t get it do you? We think this way because there is no longer in our lives the need to take a drink because of the programme! By the way what is your choice of poison nowadays? Oh sorry none of my business! And nobody elses either!
Written by Someone E about 2 years ago.

Report him or convince him to report him. Likewise what the before commenter said. its confidentiality between peers not the law. Also i believe its a obstruction of justice im not sure. Im not a lawyer
Written by Patty about 2 years ago.

I think someone should report this! Think of it this way, what if the person who was killed was someone you love, wouldn’t you want to know who did it? This person may feel they have gotten away with it. I know part of the recovery process is also dealing with any legal issues and paying the consequences for actions commit-ed while you were using. I have always thought the whole confidentiality thing was crap. If someone commits a crime and confessed to someone else, that person has a moral obligation to the family of the person the crime was committed against to report it no two ways about it!
Written by raysny about 2 years ago.

They want the benefits of being a religion while claiming that they are not religious.

A case like this came before the courts and after the dust settled, AA has NO legal claims of confidentiality:
http://www.peele.net/faq/confession.html

Why do they think this way? They believe they are special, God’s chosen.
Written by Andy M about 2 years ago.

This question shouldn’t even have to be discussed. It is any responsible citizen’s moral duty to report knowledge of such a crime. It is absolutely shocking that anyone should say otherwise. Any desire for anonymity or to escape justice on the part of anyone party to knowledge of such a crime is of no relevance whatsoever.
Written by ♥○IMAGINE ○♥ about 2 years ago.

it is a cult of powerlessness.
they turn their brains off when they are absorbed into the collective.
the link to the q you refer to shows it has been deleted.

I was stalked by 2 men who are the prime and only suspects in the unsolved murders of two women who came to AA for help.
they ended up murdered and when their killers stalked me and I sought help I was accused of being a troublemaker, told I should not gossip, and basically was run out of the dysfunctional organization.
Written by tuswecaoyate about 2 years ago.

I used to be an AA member, and even though I still attend once in awhile, I have not regarded myself as being a member for a very long time. Why? Because of the nonsensical, unethical, and dogmatic mindset of many within AA, as exemplified by the situation you outlined.

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