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Ep 130 The Doctor's Opinion That Trapped Millions for Life – Big Book Deconstruction #2

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Episode 132

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Welcome back to our Big Book Deconstruction series. In this episode, Kirsten and Carrie (Carrie’s Substack here) unpack The Doctor’s Opinion — the chapter that AA uses as its "medical" foundation.

We explore how Dr. Silkworth’s unproven ideas about a “fatal progressive disease” became the sales pitch that trapped millions into a lifetime of dependence.

🕒 Timestamps

00:00 – Deconstructing The Doctor's Opinion Intro

01:23 – Dr. Silkworth Traps + Converts Us

04:08 – Lies AA Coerced Us Into Believing

08:25 – Bill + Dr. Silkworth Fall Off The Pedestal

15:56 – We Need A New "Marty Mann"

22:44 – Predators in Alcoholics Anonymous

29:34 – AA Opinions Are Not Facts

34:29 – Deconstructing The Doctor's Opinion

40:17 – Bill Becoming A Millionaire

47:31 – Deconstructing Dr. Silkworth's Letter

57:15 – Body + Mind "Abnormal" Mythology

01:08:23 – The "Allergy" Manipulation

01:13:31 – Toxicity + Learned Helplessness in AA

01:19:39 – Bill's Best Thinking Got Us To AA

01:29:22 – Breaking AA's Global Indoctrination

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