Alcohol does not force anyone to do anything.
Alcohol does not have a personality
Alcohol does not make your choices
Alcohol does not define your thoughts
Alcohol is not a person
Alcohol has no control
You are the one who makes the choice... You are the chooser and the doer.
Alcohol is not magical, it is not a demon, it is not a wily adversary.
Wow dude.... You REALLY need to do some study of religious addiction material.
There is no addiction gene, You are not a helpless victim of your genetics. Telling yourself that you are merely limits your opportunity to recover.
The disease of addiction is a disease of the mechanism of choice itself. Medical science recognizes it as a disease of the mind, much like depression, ADHD, and OCD
You are not sick, you are not a victim... You just never learned how to make better choices.
Change the language you use to describe your life and you will change your life.
Maybe you need to accept that different paradigms work for different people... For some people the surrendering process is very natural and helpful. I have seen it is generally more applicable for people than saying "its up to me". And for others "its up to me" is the only thing that works 🤷 so speak with less conviction and stay in your lane of experience.
If your only experience with recovery is through these 12-step groups where they only allow one approach Then that will naturally be the one that you choose.
There are SO many other pathways to recovery now... It is common knowledge that the dogma of 12-step fellowships are spiritual beliefs and not evidence-based practices.
You're free to join whatever religion you like, but when you proselytize... Insisting that your religion's view of the world is the only valid view of the world... You're going to meet with some resistance.
But that's because evidence-based recovery and faith-based recovery are very different. One is based in science and the other one is not. 🤷
I have EXTENSIVE experience with fundamentalist. Christian shepherding cults... So much that I could be considered an expert. I also experienced addiction for decades and have substantial time in recovery.
This absolutely is my Lane.... And I will continue to speak out against fundamentalist propaganda and recruitment programs. 🤷
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u/ZenRiots 6d ago
Alcohol does not force anyone to do anything. Alcohol does not have a personality Alcohol does not make your choices Alcohol does not define your thoughts Alcohol is not a person Alcohol has no control
You are the one who makes the choice... You are the chooser and the doer.
Alcohol is not magical, it is not a demon, it is not a wily adversary.
Alcohol is a choice