ALCOHOLICS Anonymous has been slammed for its decision to serve booze at its national conference gala dinner in Melbourne this weekend. Victorian members have spoken out in disgust that alcohol will be for sale tonight.
A source said that many AA members in Victoria thought that not only would it put vulnerable new members at risk, it went against the principles of the organisation.
"It has caused huge uniform disgust at the grassroots level that it would even be contemplated," a concerned member who did not want to be identified told the Herald Sun.
"There are quite a few people that are boycotting the event on the back of this, it goes against everything that AA stands for. It's incredibly conflicting health message to be sending out there."
A spokesman for the 2012 Alcoholics Anonymous Australian National Convention, being held at the Regent Theatre Plaza Ballroom this weekend, defended the decision yesterday.
He said the event was not just for AA members, but also their family and friends who should be able to buy alcohol.
The conference website states that it was up to each individual convention committee to make the decision on alcohol availability for guests at AA events.
news.com.au 7 Apr 2012
There is zero care whether or not the masses are addicted to alcohol.
The purpose is purely financial, i.e to put people in jobs and to give 'money to mates' creating an industry that is fed by taxpayer dollars with the illusion that something good is done for society.
The government reaps plenty of tax dollars from the sale of alcohol in many cases triple taxes before the consumer purchases any alcohol.
Another farce in the face of the general populous.
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