Twelve Steps to Nowhere : Why Twelve-Step Rehabs Fail and a Proposed Fix (Paperback)

Are you wondering why you haven't shed the shackles of substance addiction even though you've attended countless AA or NA chapter meetings and bank-breaking rehabs? If you're frustrated by those who insist that your relapse was entirely your fault because you supposedly (a) failed to "work the steps" sufficiently or (b) failed to learn from the lessons taught at your rehab, then this book is for you. Twelve Steps to Nowhere explains how twelve-step rehabs have likely failed you and why they probably share the blame for your relapse into active addiction.

Twelve Steps to Nowhere retells actual accounts of relapse disasters substantially resulting from the cult-like, irrational "methodology" currently employed by most twelve-step rehabs. These accounts come from the author's personal experience in eight such facilities. Not only does he explain the reasons why most addicts and alcoholics are mired in addiction's quicksand, but he also shows how those rehabs caused their clients to sink further. Most importantly, Twelve Steps to Nowhere proposes the teaching of a rational, analytic approach to therapy that reaches beyond achieving sobriety to the goal of teaching how the demoralized alcoholic or addict can finally enjoy an exciting purpose-driven, meaningful life.