Examines the recovery program and discusses its philosophy regarding a "higher power," and redesigns the twelve step program from a secular approach

Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure?

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bufe, Charles

Addiction & Recovery

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This well researched, painstakingly documented book provides detailed information on the right-wing evangelical organization (Oxford Group Movement) that gave birth to AA; the relation of AA and its program to the Oxford Group Movement; AA's similarities to and differences from religious cults; AA's remarkable ineffectiveness; and the alternatives to AA. The greatly expanded second edition includes a new chapter on AA's relationship to the treatment industry, and AA's remarkable influence in the media.

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Exercises for Individual & Group Development: Building Blocks for Intimacy, Awareness & Community

Denunzio, Dale

Exercise & Fitness

This book is a guide for the one million-plus Americans per year who face coerced religious indoctrination in the guise of alcohol or drug treatment. It outlines legal strategies and existing court decisions and shows how useless and sometimes harmful 12-step treatment can be. It also contains a considerable amount of material on the routine violation of standard medical ethics by addiction treatment providers, and examples of such violations.

Resisting 12-Step Coercion: How to Fight Forced Participation in Aa, Na, or 12-Step Treatment

Peele, Stanton

Product Description Taking up where Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great left off, 24 Reasons to Abandon Christianity reveals Christianity's cruelty, dishonesty, fear-mongering, hypocrisy, misogyny, homophobia, dogmatism, and authoritarianism, and all of the misery, destruction, and death caused by these things. 24 Reasons to Abandon Christianity also reveals the roots of these characteristics, and why Christianity leads to all of these evils. While the book treats serious topics, its tone—much like Hitchens' book—is analytical, but also breezy and biting. Review "Such bitterness, such negativity, such unbridled humor, wit and sarcasm." —Mensa Bulletin (on The American Heretic's Dictionary) "[This book] is fun, informative, and more." —Z Magazine (on The Heretic's Handbook of Quotations) ​"Solidly entertaining" —Publishers Weekly (on Free Radicals: A novel of utopia and dystopia published under the pseudonym Zeke Teflon) About the Author Chris Edwards is the author of Spiritual Snake Oil: Fads & Fallacies in Pop Culture and (under the pseudonym S.C. Hitchcock) Disbelief 101: A Young Person's Guide to Atheism. He's also the author of several books on education intended for professionals. Charles Bufe has authored, co-authored, or compiled-edited eight books, and has translated five others from Spanish to English. He has also written for many publications and web sites, including belief.net and Utne Reader.

24 Reasons to Abandon Christianity: Why Christianity's Perverted Morality Leads to Misery and Death

Religion & Spirituality

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