Thursday, September 10, 2009

The addict’s guide to 1938… or how to escape from oil


OK OK it's been aaaaages, but we're a busy mob - lots of ups and downs in the last few months, but we're still here! Here's something we're involved in which made it to the papers this week. Enjoy the read and we'll attempt to fill in the gaps of the past few months in the next little while!!

THE year 1938 should have a significant place in the lives of two of the world’s largest groups of addicts - two collectives which whether we like it or not, we’re more than likely a fully signed-up member to at least one of them.

1938 is the year when the founders of the Alcoholics Anonymous movement first established their very godly 12 steps to unravelling lives from the demon drink. That same year - within just a few weeks of a key meeting in the life the AA movement - US geologists struck oil in Saudi Arabia, a country which more than any other has fed the world’s addiction to cheap fuel. While one group work on a cure, another finds a wholly more substantial and pervasive substance to get addicted to. More

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