In a relatively recent typical bit of Huffington Post 12X12 fluffery (for those of you who can stomach this kind of substance-less crap: AA: The Magic of Bill Wilson — no fucking kidding, that’s the post’s actual title), author Jeff Witzeman prattles on about the ‘magical’ wonders of Bill, Bob, the 12X12, and the modern day miracle that is Alcoholics Anonymous. Witzeman leaves no cliche unturned, no baseless quote uncited (the apocryphal Aldous Huxley quote about Bill being the “greatest social architect of our time” which — oddly enough — can’t be found in any of Huxley’s writings or published or recorded interviews), and no line of absurdist logic unapplied.
And why not? Mr. Witzeman is by his own account is a ‘former’ (i.e., failed) actor, musician, a patent holder (for a ‘putter’), and a freelance writer. Oh yeah, he has a blog, too … which will go unlinked to on this page.
Now those are some qualifications, huh? He’s no doubt a true-believing member of the AA tribe as well, but we here at Stinkin Thinkin respect the principle [/snark] of anonymity and so will leave that character defect alone. Being someone who can construct a sentence in the English language and has a soft-spot for all things AA and 12X12 appears to be more than enough for ardent step proponent Arianna Huffington and her faux-liberal bit of WWW real estate. ’Freelance writer’ Witzeman has a basic grasp of grammar and syntax and the decidedly non-medical credentials to digress on the ‘disease’ of alcoholism. That’s more than enough to ring the Pavlovian bell of the editors at Huffington Post. Read more »
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