Not a professional tool, addiction treatment, therapy, or counseling, philosophy or world-view , a psychological theory or part of one. Not a spiritual, religious, or personal growth method AVRT is education on planned abstinence AVRT can be learned by reading or with audio-visual materials. Meet some people, above, who dislike Rational Recovery. There are more objections to Rational Recovery than one page can handle. Above, is an ongoing workshop on AVRT based on questions from the internet audience.
Families often suffer more from addiction than the addicts do.
Neary half of AA's membership are forced to attend through lack of choice, intimidation, court sentences or other mandates. The suffering caused by recovery groups is real. Here, you may read their true stories. So, your doctor sends you to Alcoholics Anonymous. Your counselor says your spouse is a codependent.