AA’s Effectiveness
I simply ask them what else they plan to do to stay clean and sober? Turns out that’s a far more difficult question to answer.
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The 12-Step Success Rate
AA and NA aren’t designed to have a ‘success rate’. Their mission is to reach out a helping hand to those who still suffer.
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Why Slogans?
None of us can change our past or exercise much control over what’s yet to come.
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Engaging Engagement
Sending somebody to meetings without some prep work is like making a referral for therapy without bothering to find a therapist.
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Re-Engineering Recovery Tools
What’s likely to provide you with the best recovery guidance? There’s your ‘recovery guide’- maybe a better description for nonbelievers than “higher power.”
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Cult vs Culture
As addiction progresses, the addict or alcoholic grows away from the larger culture from whence they came.
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Recovery Without God
Plenty of addicts and alcoholics starting the journey of recovery from addictive disease can’t bring themselves to accept the spiritual program that’s helped so many. There are other options.
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Dangerously Close to Relapse
Sober Chrystal talks about the moment when her five years of sobriety hung in the balance and nearly went over the cliff.
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Five Reasons to Hate AA
It’s easier to trash-talk the fellowships than think about quitting. But that’s not the only thing behind the negativity.
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