Recently, the drug rehab industry was set straight about whether or not the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were religiously oriented and therefore faith based. A federal judge ruled an inmate, who was a devout atheist, could not be required to complete a rehab program that was based on the 12 steps. What this means, of course, is 99% of the drug rehabs in America are religiously oriented. And it does raise the question of separation of church and state when it comes to state and federal funding for 12 step based programs. Drug rehab, such as Malibu Horizon, should be about treatment and learning to live a clean and sober lifestyle, not about religion. Forcing drug addicts and alcoholics to take a big dose of religion, as the primary solution to their problem, might be why their rate of success is so low.
Posts Tagged ‘AA’
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Non 12 Step Rehab
Friday, May 7th, 2010Non 12 Step Rehab Centers Ahead of their Time
Monday, April 5th, 2010The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous has been around a long time. It has proven to be the best way to stay clean and sober. But guess what, it’s not treatment. It is aftercare. Non 12 step rehabs understand treatment is treatment and AA is aftercare. It is far too easy, and cheap, to simply take patients to AA meetings and say ok this is what you have to do to stay clean. AA is there to keep people sober but not get them sober and the difference is detox and rehab.
Non 12 Step Rehab Programs
Friday, March 12th, 2010The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have saved more lives than seat belts. It is one of the real “miracles” of the the 20th century. But this is the 21st century. And alcohol and drug rehab has been around for over 75 years. It is time to see that drug rehab has to contain more therapy and less AA. Non 12 step rehab programs offer more real treatment. And in a world where drugs and alcohol have become more available, rehabs have a bigger job to do. The time has come to put the 12 steps where they belong, as the way to stay clean and sober, after rehab and treatment is completed.