Just because the program was invented in the 1930s, words have changed, but the concepts have remain the same.
You can justify staying out there anyway you want, bruv. But the truth is that it does get better if you keep coming back. I've met thousands of people in the program that can attest to that.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but the science of addiction and the concepts that surround recovery have changed dramatically since the 30s.
We, as a culture have a much deeper understanding of addiction and Neuroscience and we have come to understand that the beliefs enshrined in 12-step fellowships are completely incorrect.
The attitudes that these fellowships instill into their participants stand in direct opposition to a healthy recovery journey.
Externalizing causes and effects is not recovery science. It's Christian mysticism.
We have come a long way in understanding the nature of craving and choice. And almost everything that science has learned defies the beliefs taught by 12-step fellowships.
This is the entire problem with 12-step fellowships because their opinions, believes, and Faith no longer align with what we have learned about addictions, causes and effective treatments
A higher power cannot and will not save you from your OWN choices. 🤷
12 step programs like AA and NA, have helped literally MILLIONS of addicts and alcoholics recover. The program is 90 years old and is still used by most addiction centers as a cornerstone of addiction treatment program. That's cause and effect enough for me.
Society or the field of Neuroscience hasn't done shit to curb addiction. There's still millions of people who die every year from addiction related illness. What rehab facility has a higher success rate than AA? Exactly.
If you want to actually learn something about addiction and the human brain. Read "Dopamine Nation" by Anna Lembke. Then have GPT do a cross comparison on her findings and relate them to the steps of AA. Then maybe you'll think twice about posting your pseudo-intellectual BS on a sub geared towards helping addicts recover.
Or maybe just goto a meeting. It does it get better!
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u/inxile7 6d ago
Just because the program was invented in the 1930s, words have changed, but the concepts have remain the same.
You can justify staying out there anyway you want, bruv. But the truth is that it does get better if you keep coming back. I've met thousands of people in the program that can attest to that.
Keep comin' back :)