#it's so hard bc it merits a much more nuanced discussion than tumblr writ large will ever go for

[hungerpunch]

fun fact 12 step programs were developed by two white christian men in 1930s america

#clenching my jAW #it's so hard bc it merits a much more nuanced discussion than tumblr writ large will ever go for #12 steps work for a lot of people! #but they also don't work for a lot of people! #they were developed through a very particular lens! and a lot of it is about breaking down one's own ego #guess who doesn't have the ego of white american men in the 1930s? hmm...... #nvm the religious foundation.. you can tell me that 'god' can be anything all you want but it does not erase the moral bent of the program #and then every other variation of 12 steps just copy/pastes the same fucking structure #i think they're good in the sense that it can help you find community right #and i'm not going to devalue the importance of feeling like you're not alone #but that's about theeee only thing i got out of naranon #i thought adult children of might be different but no it feels exactly the same #and it's honestly extremely triggering to read 'you have a victim mindset' when i've spent over a year's work with my therapist to finally #acknowledge myself as a victim for the first time! #fuck offfffff. okay rant over. #driveby post #addiction