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Rehab in the US is almost always 12-step based which entirely spiritual in nature. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-al
by astura 5y ago
Rehab in the US is almost always 12-step based which entirely spiritual in nature.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irr...
- iammisc 5y agoNo I don't think that cuts it. As I said, the spiritual buttons necessary to do things like create meaning and hope where such things do not naturally exist need to be installed at a young age.
- denton-scratch 5y agoI suspect that US judges inflict AA-style rehab as punishment; my experience of USAians is that they tend to reach for punishment as their first resort (I have USAian relatives, and I've lived there). Having judges elected is part of the problem. SMART recovery doesn't involve any religious beliefs, doesn't require you to deny that you have agency, and doesn't require you to say "recovering" if you've actually recovered. For some people, it works better than 12-step.