http://addictionhelpresource.com/finding-your-own-unique-path-in-recovery-from-addiction/ Helping you to recover from drug and alcohol addiction Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://addictionhelpresource.com/finding-your-own-unique-path-in-recovery-from-addiction/#comment-52 jenn Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:37:59 +0000 http://addictionhelpresource.com/?p=60#comment-52 This is spot on. I think this is the reason sooooooo many people relapse when using a 12 step program as their sole form of recovery. It is so easy to become complacent and think that going to meetings and doing the steps by rote is going to keep you in recovery. I think it is almost a form of brainwashing. Sitting around with a bunch of sick people, reciting the sayings by memory, chuckling and chatting with friends during the meeting and treating it as a social club, but hey, you can say you made your daily meeting This is spot on. I think this is the reason sooooooo many people relapse when using a 12 step program as their sole form of recovery. It is so easy to become complacent and think that going to meetings and doing the steps by rote is going to keep you in recovery. I think it is almost a form of brainwashing. Sitting around with a bunch of sick people, reciting the sayings by memory, chuckling and chatting with friends during the meeting and treating it as a social club, but hey, you can say you made your daily meeting

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