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You know you're brainwashed when you keep trying to use what you've learned from reading "Working with Others" to convert the far right whackaloons.

you know you are brainwashed when you can recite the steps/traditions in 3 different languages.

When you can name more AA Traditions than U.S. Constitutional Amendments.

When you tell people that you hit your knees and pray every morning and every night and you are telling the truth.

You know you're brainwashed when you believe gawd is arranging parking spaces for you, but you don't wonder if you're going to squish someones disease that's doing pushups in the parking lot when you park there.

That one is compliments of G2K BTW.

If you can't name your two state senators but you never miss a business meeting to vote for group secretary, Grapevine rep, treasurer, corrections committee members, GSR, intergroup delegates, etc.

When you actually give a shit how the $17.50 in the collection basket is spent.

You know you're brainwashed when you no longer know when the hell to be ashamed of yourself.

When you've made a moral inventory using an Excel spreadsheet.

You know you're brainwashed if the phrase "co-sign someone's denial" even makes sense to you.

You know you're brainwashed when every waking moment of your day is spent cutting and pasting "news stories" unrelated to the program of Alcoholic Anonymous and waiting for the other brainwashed people around you to affirm the unthinkableness, the unquestioned veracity, even the potential "could have been" realness of said news stories.

You know you're brainwashed if you spout off AA thought stopping slogans in everyday conversations.

You know you're brainwashed when you ask your mother to sign your big book.

when AA occupies your attention more than an average AAer's even though you ostensibly have no current connection, will never attend another meeting, hate, hate, hate AA, but can't quite think of not thinking about not thinking AA, think, not think AA AA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

the spin cycle stays stuck on, going round and round, shimmying spastically, and you can't stop it because it's all AA's fault.

If you say, "I'm Not Brainwashed!", really loud, over and over again, you'll hardly notice the machine's on the fritz.

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." (misquote)

"Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy."

msafrany says: "You know you are brainwashed if you are convinced God is keeping you sober because of how well you work the steps."

Y'all remember? Oct 3, 1980 Paulson to Geitner, "you can't leave this room until you take this money".
Talk about brainwashed. Paulson went on to say the same thing to 8 different major financial institutions. He did this till 65% of the $700 billion was handed out without any restrictions. None of these institutions had to change anything in how they went about their business.
Only in America can the the rich get a free loan.
I like Rachel Maddow. She isn't brainwashed and a fucking whackaloon like most of you here.

You know you're brainwashed, if you think it's a conspiracy.

You know you're brainwashed, if you think no one is listening to your story.

You know you're brainwashed, if you think some one is listening to your story, but don't know for sure.

You know you're brainwashed, if you think the person standing next to you (at a McDonald's :) is in some sort of 12 step program.

You know you\'re brainwashed when you continually identify with the part that says, \"there are such unfortunates, they seem to have been born that way......\" and think I will never get this I am an unfortunate and will never be healed cuz I don\'t grasp this shite.