Breaking Free from the 12-Step Mold Part I: Recovery Dogma Is Driving Us to Drink

Getting sober from alcohol isn’t just trudging toward a joyless (in our minds at the time) booze-less future; we must also decide which path to follow toward that future. And the messages surrounding that decision are confusing and toxic enough to drive many of us back into the arms of our drink of choice (also toxic, but so blessedly simple and easy…intoxicating, you might say).