It’s impossible for a rational person to recommend that anyone get treatment for an addiction – because nearly every treatment program involves the faith-healing and dogmatic indoctrination into the self-defeating methods of 12-step groups. See the proof here, and learn some tips for dealing with it.
Category: Self-Help
No Negative New Years Resolutions
New Years Resolutions are often formed as negatives, form them as positives and they’ll more likely lead to actual change rather than disappointment. It’s easier to build new positive habits than it is to focus on not doing something all the time.
Quick Tip: Explore Your Options
When substance abusers find better options to replace their drug and alcohol use, that’s when they finally escape their addictions for good.
The Plight of the Individual Mind in the Recovery Culture
The death of the individual spirit that happens in “recovery” is truly the death of choice. This post is the first in a series that will examine the importance of true individuality in making a lasting change of a substance abuse habit.
Beyond One Day At A Time
There are a few fundamental problems with the thought process of a person who abuses substances, but today, we’ll just be tackling the pattern of short term thinking which is so often at the base of these problems – and how the most common piece of advice doled out in 12-step groups reinforces this negative… Continue reading Beyond One Day At A Time
Coping With AA (Atheist Abuse) Part 2 – Humility
In the recovery culture, atheists are attacked as arrogant and in need of humility. This says nothing about the atheist, but a lot about the person making the claim.
Coping With AA (Atheist Abuse) Part 1
The recovery culture can be abusive to atheists, here are some general tips for dealing with it.
Are Substance Abusers Selfish?
What is commonly referred to as selfishness in the recovery culture, is not relly in anyone’s self-interest, and the altruistic strategies prescribed as a solution are self-contradictory.
Loaded Words: Addiction
Addiction is a tricky term, if you can stop thinking in this term, you may cease to behave according to it.
Review of the Saint Jude Home Program
This is the best self-help book available for substance use problems, check out my review.