I've got more than a few problems with this cult that has endeared itself to so many people. Other people on this forum have elaborated on a few of the major ones, but I want to bring up a couple more: The fallacy that a person must "hit bottom" and the almost complete monopoly on treatment options that these cults enjoy. Like I said in another post, the book "12 Spells and 12 Superstitions" teaches the potential oldcomer, I mean sponsor, to encourage anyone who is having a hard time swallowing Stepcraft to continue drinking/drugging until they "hit bottom" and see the glorious light of the almighty Program. I believe this has caused much needless suffering. When you combine those kind of instructions with Stepcraft's insistence that they are the "only" way, and add a person's ignorance of other treatment possibilities (an ignorance reinforced by the Stepcult's infiltration of and virtual monopoly on the treatment industry), you have a recipe for suffering or death, in which case the deceased will serve as a grim reminder of what happens to those who don't "do it the NA way". You see, when people are at the point where they are seeking help for addiction, they are generally in a confused and vulnerable state. Mistakenly believing groupsters to be "experts" on "recovery", these people, although realizing the bullshit nature of Stepcraft, may still believe some of the other lies the Stepcult has to offer, and believe that their demise is inevitable because they can't or won't follow what they have been led to believe is the "only" alternative to "jails, institutions and death". The Stepcult is rigged with nifty little self-fulfilling prophecies and inherent contradictions--it cares only for it's own growth and nothing for it's individual members. It often harms those it claims to be designed to help.
