deconstructing12step

Providing help, community, and resources for former 12-step members.

Articles

Deprogramming From AA—When the Fellowship Resembles a Cult
Deprogramming From AA—When the Fellowship Resembles a Cult
The History of the “Allergy” Myth of Alcohol Addiction
The History of the “Allergy” Myth of Alcohol Addiction
With Sobering Science, Doctor Debunks 12-Step Recovery
With Sobering Science, Doctor Debunks 12-Step Recovery
How Alcohol Treatment Became Divorced from Alcohol Science: The Rise of the Minnesota Model - Non 12 Step Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment
How Alcohol Treatment Became Divorced from Alcohol Science: The Rise of the Minnesota Model - Non 12 Step Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment
Are Millennials Over Alcoholics Anonymous?
Are Millennials Over Alcoholics Anonymous?

Books

The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
 
US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism: Miller, Joe: 9781613739273: Amazon.com: Books
US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism: Miller, Joe: 9781613739273: Amazon.com: Books
 
Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure?
Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure?
 
Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America's Failed War on Drugs
Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America's Failed War on Drugs
 
Chasing the Scream
Chasing the Scream
 
Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction
Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction
 
The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them
The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them
 
Drug Use for Grown-ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
Drug Use for Grown-ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
 
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
 
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition
 
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
 
Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis
Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis
 
Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis
Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis
 
Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming: Looking for Harm Reduction in a 12-Step World: Stout MA CADC II, Dee-Dee, Marlatt, G. Alan: 9781438995472: Amazon.com: Books
Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming: Looking for Harm Reduction in a 12-Step World: Stout MA CADC II, Dee-Dee, Marlatt, G. Alan: 9781438995472: Amazon.com: Books
 
Stuck in the Swing Door: A memoir from 34 years in and out of 12 step fellowships
Stuck in the Swing Door: A memoir from 34 years in and out of 12 step fellowships
 
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
 
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
 
The Truth About Addiction and Recovery: Stanton Peele, Archie Brodsky, Mary Arnold: 9780671755300: Amazon.com: Books
The Truth About Addiction and Recovery: Stanton Peele, Archie Brodsky, Mary Arnold: 9780671755300: Amazon.com: Books
 

Video Shorts

Rehab: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Rehab: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
What Alcoholics Anonymous Doesn't Get Right: The Atlantic Health Forum
TEDMED: Dr. Carl Hart, PhD: "Let's Quit Abusing Drug Users"
TEDMED: Dr. Carl Hart, PhD: "Let's Quit Abusing Drug Users"

Documentaries

13th Step
13th Step
The Business of Recovery
The Business of Recovery
The Group
The Group
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping | Official Trailer | Netflix
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping | Official Trailer | Netflix
The Synanon Fix | Official Trailer | HBO
The Synanon Fix | Official Trailer | HBO
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
13TH | FULL FEATURE | Netflix
13TH | FULL FEATURE | Netflix
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix
The Business of Drugs | Official Trailer | Netflix
The Business of Drugs | Official Trailer | Netflix

Podcasts

Sobriety Bestie
Sobriety Bestie
Burn The Stigma with Tara Grace
Burn The Stigma with Tara Grace
Sexton Space
Sexton Space
What is a Cult? - WTF is on my Mind with Mark Vicente
What is a Cult? - WTF is on my Mind with Mark Vicente
Monica Richardson
Monica Richardson

Alternative Treatment

Harm Reduction Resources Near You
Harm Reduction Resources Near You
Naltrexone Sinclair Method: Alcohol Use Disorder
Naltrexone Sinclair Method: Alcohol Use Disorder
SMART Recovery
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – MAPS – Psychedelic Research for Psychological Healing
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – MAPS – Psychedelic Research for Psychological Healing

Additional Resources

Never Use Alone Hotline
Never Use Alone Hotline
OnPoint NYC
SAMHSA
SAMHSA
NIHA
NASW
NASW

Orange Papers

Orange Papers
Orange Papers

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