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Podcast: Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Episode: Mini Series 4 - Are all treatment programs 12-step based?
Description: In this podcast, we answer the question... Are all treatment programs 12-step based?The 12-Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other 12-Step programs such as Narcotics (NA) are viewed by many recovering people and professionals as indispensable to life-long recovery.Opinions differ, however, as to their role in treatment programs, depending on the philosophy of the management.Some rehabs treat 12-Step programs as an option, preferring the more cognitive models, while others lean more heavily on the 12-Steps as an essential component of early recovery.If the goal of treatment is to help prepare clients for...