Quote:
Originally Posted by DuffMan
I actually have no idea. It just seems to me the religious people running these are preying on people who are temporarily vulnerable.
There's got to be programs who want you to believe in yourself and not putting your faith of recovery in a supernatural being.
Ask them to prove God exists so you are able to put your faith into their program.
Sorry, I'm not helping you and your situation, but remember, the same kind of people think you can pray away the gay.
|
Why would you do that. If the religious accent isn't for the addict there are plenty of other programs without that element.
But going into one where people are actually finding that faith based steps are helping them and debating them on the existence of god is not only stupid, but selfish and you could hurt peoples recovery. A lot of people that council and teach those steps are former addicts who still follow those mantra's every day to stay clean and sober.
in my mind for addiction recovery its all about whatever works best for the addict. There are times and places for faith based discussions, honestly I don't think this is one of those places.
Sometimes having faith is god excreta for some people at their lowest point is very helpful to their recovery.
Devil, I'm really proud that your getting help for your addiction issue btw, it takes a incredibly strong person to beat it, and every person has their own recovery needs and there are programs that might not have the religious slant as well.
Make sure that your comfortable with whatever program your following and its good for you in the forever term.