My Answer To The Question – Would an atheist drug addict have issues with the NA or AA 12 step program?

Many of you like the questions and answers on this blog. I just found another one from ‘Diver Down’ who asks part of the program to recovery is believing that a “higher power” will help you. But what if you don’t believe? and you want “recovery”?One thing that is frowned upon in these programs is referring to a “God”, the word is just Higher Power, it is open to the individual to interpet. They didn’t pray either, we all just merely admitted that we had issues that we wanted resolved. Their is no religion in the program, if it is handle by the 12 step “book”.Has anyone who answered ever been to a meeting? Answer: I believe there actually is a secular Alcohol/Drug program. Give me a minute and I’ll look it up.Just skimming around the Internet I pretty much came to the realization that 99% of alcohol/drug programs are a bunch of lunatics. For one thing I had no idea that Narconon is a Scientology front. Your question gets a star from me just because I learned that fact.Still looking…The only one I found was this:International. Founded 1999. Secular community of persons who are building lives free of dependency on alcohol and other drugs. Group activities are not associated with religion or spirituality. Members practice complete abstinence from alcohol and other addicting drugs. Peer support, literature, information, referrals, and advocacy activities. Guidelines available for starting simil...
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