Black Panther is the latest smash hit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and
this story revolves around prince2 Chawla turning into the king of Wakanda
and the villain kill monger coming back trying to take over Wakanda and be in
the man but in this video we're actually gonna be talking about the civilization
of Wakanda and the parallels drawn between this city as well as Alcoholics
Anonymous so stay tuned what is up everybody this
is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the
solution and yes today I'm going to be drawing some parallels between Lokhande
and Black Panther and 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous so before we
get started I got to yes count on two disclaimers to give you real quick the
first one is there will be very very minor spoilers of the film in this movie
so if you plan on getting if you plan on seeing it and don't want anything
spoiled you might want to turn it off come back check in later but like I said
minor spoilers the second thing I want to make very clear as well this
disclaimer is that I am NOT a representative of Alcoholics Anonymous
or any other 12-step program this video is merely for educational
purposes and to kind of make you think a little and just want to start a
conversation about this all right so let's get started so in black panther
like i said it's about T'Challa turning into the king of Wakanda and the villain
in this movie is kill monger and he's an excellent character he's very deep like
a lot of different layers to him and what Conda is this civilization that's
been around for thousands of thousands of years and they are extremely advanced
okay because of the vibranium that they have they mine it and it's helped their
technology so like they are like baby hundreds or even thousands of years
ahead of pretty much anyone else on the planet Earth but they use this invisible
cloak so nobody really knows what Wakanda is a lot of people think that
what Conda is actually like this third-world country with nothing really
but like they're really like in this kind of you
taupey n' my dreamland right and something about what Conda is is that
they don't get involved with any kind of outside issues
okay so makanda is made up of multiple tribes and they kind of resolve anything
within their own government and they leave the rest of the world alone so
meanwhile there's Wars and poverty and all these things going on and wakanda
doesn't even accept refugees right so kill monger one of the layers to him his
is that he is of wakandan blood his dad was from Wakanda and he kind of wants to
come back take over Wakanda but since he grew up in Oakland he sees that there's
a lot of issues in the world especially when it comes to the oppression of black
people so he believes that what Conda should be doing more in helping the rest
of the world and this is kind of where to charla or aka Black Panther where he
kind of you know he has this kind of internal conflict because the traditions
of Wakanda and never being part of any of these outside issues so part of my
job working out a drug and alcohol rehab center is I try to sell people on
12-step programs like I'm very open-minded I think a lot of different
programs work for different people but I'm of the belief from my personal
experience that 90% or more of people who don't even give 12-step programs a
try or because they don't fully understand
them so what this video is and you know the lessons I teach I really just try to
educate people about what this is like don't say this isn't gonna work just
because you don't really understand how it works but anyways in this video I
kind of wanted to draw the parallels between 12-step programs and Wakonda and
I want to talk about two traditions specifically alright if you haven't yet
like I will put a link in the info card above as well as in the in screen for a
video I did about Russell Brand's book recovery asking did he break the
traditions all right so the first tradition that I want to talk about is
tradition 10 all right which states Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on
how site issues hence the AAA name our never be drawn
into public controversy so never being drawn in public controversy and
something that take an issue with and I've done another
video which I'll link in the info card about the truth about a success rates so
one of the things is that they don't get drawn into public controversy but there
are many people out there who try to tarnish the AAA name so you have
professionals who say that 12-step programs don't work and they are a
detriment to people's mental health and all these other things but 99% of the
people writing these articles and tarnishing the name of AAA there's even
a book out there written about it these people have never ever ever worked a
12-step program so it's a little ridiculous to you know bash a program
that you've never actually worked so you don't even fully have the knowledge of
it but you have never seen a public debate about this right and it's because
one of the traditions is that we never get drawn into public controversy so my
argument to that is how many people are missing the benefits or potential
benefits of this program because of what they've heard these horror stories about
12-step programs and maybe the information that they were giving wasn't
exactly credible so is AAA or any other 12-step program really spreading the
message properly if they don't you know present a counter to some of these
potential falsehoods that are being brought up about the program and in
black panther you know they talk about these other wars that are going on in
the world and what cauda is extremely technologically advanced not only do
they have like flying like ships and stuff like that but they're very
advanced in weaponry too so you know what caught it like they they have a lot
of power and that's something that kilbarger is trying to get ahold of but
like are they really doing a service to the world if they're letting you know in
the Marvel Cinematic Universe people like you know Red Skull like try to do
the whole Nazi agenda you know should they you know get out of their bubble
and be drawn into that kind of public controversy you see what I'm saying
alright the next tradition that I want to bring out is this one tradition 11
our public relations policy is based on traction rather than promotion we'd
always maintain personal anonymity at the level of Press radio and films so
last night I actually went to an awesome recovery event here in Las Vegas and
typically at recovery events you will see 12-step programs represented okay
but one of the primary purposes of 12-step programs is to help the next
person who's suffering and in this instance I believe that a lot a lot is
taken out of context of what the original founders of 12-step programs
are really trying to accomplish and I don't think that when they wrote the
book of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1930s I don't think they fully understood what
the addiction epidemic would look like in 2018 they didn't realize that every
year tens of thousands of people would be dying from the disease of addiction
right so when we're talking about this and Wakonda well they talked about how
akanda doesn't take in refugees right and it's because people don't understand
what Conde exist and they have like not only do they have all this technology
but like they're healing their the way that they can heal people is insane it's
crazy and I won't spoil that for you but like they have a lot that can really
help the world so when it comes to 12-step programs I often wonder like how
many people are never being introduced to 12-step programs because a they don't
know they exist or be they don't understand how they can help them you
know so I don't necessarily think that you know hey or n/a should go put up
billboards and start doing commercials or anything along those lines but should
they be represented a little bit more in in public so people know that they're
there and I'm speaking from personal experience in my active drug and alcohol
addiction I didn't know anything anything about 12-step programs aside
from like one or two things that I just heard in passing I didn't understand
that they could literally help save my life so when we're talking about the
traditions and things like that and the primary purpose of these 12-step
programs which is to help as many people as possible we're struggling with
addiction the question just want to bring up with you is like
do you think that they are being of maximum benefit to the rest of the world
and people struggling with addiction if they aren't really spreading the word
out there you know what I mean so just something to kind of think about I just
wanted to kind of make this video it's just an interesting topic as I mentioned
at the beginning like don't try to excommunicate me I am NOT a
representative of any 12-step program but I try to present people with a whole
menu a whole menu of options for recovery and just give them the truth
about every single one you know what I mean so I educate people in my drug and
alcohol rehab about 12-step programs about smart recovery about refuge
recovery I'm very open-minded about this stuff I just want people to have the
proper information out there but anyways anyways I would love to know your
thoughts on this I hope you don't hate me but leave your comments down below
and you know what I would love to know if you saw Black Panther I'm actually
gonna go see it again this weekend to leave comments down below if you've seen
the movie and let me know what you thought alright anyways if you liked
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