Yeah, it amazes me that anyone can claim that "oh abuse is just fine because addicts need it to recover." Here's a list of the harms done by addiction, so let's use it to justify harming more addicts with fake, harmful "treatment."
there's no evidence that any treatment based on Straight works-- what is original about the Straight model is harmful, what is not harmful is not original and can be found in decent programs everywhere. So there's no reason any program using host homes, oldcomers, any of that nonsense should be open. Period.
in fact, fear of abusive treatment is one of the reasons real addicts *don't* seek help. research shows that most of the "denial" seen in addicts dissolves when you treat them kindly and offer hope. the "denial" is a defense against attack, and attacks actually reinforce it, making matters worse!!!
The research is clear that empathetic, kind, supportive programs work and humiliating confrontational and attacking ones are neither safe nor effective.
Interested is obviously a shill for AARC because anyone without a 'dog in this fight' wouldn't claim to support it if they knew anything at all about what works and what doesn't in the addictions field.
