Naturally, this supports your addiction and not you. RG's invariably define recovery as a group project, a process involving social support. They present some spiritual, religious, or psychological philosophy as an essential element in defeating an addiction, defining recovery as the outcome of a personal conversion to the group's beliefs or preconceived mindset. In a strange twist of logic, the disease concept regards addiction as a symptom of philosophical error, either spiritual or psychological. RG philosophies usually conflict sharply with traditional moral precepts, such as right and wrong, good and evil, or other original family values.
Meetings focus entirely upon philosophical matters, never upon how to efficiently quit an addiction.
The RGD is a serious condition that can linger for years, with any or all of the following conditions. For this, the groupers will implore you to attend more meetings, take the steps more seriously, or check in at an addiction treatment center where professional AAers will provide intensive indoctrination in the 12-step program, followed by ninety meetings in ninety days. This is because the recovery group is the embodiment of the Beast, and the step program is its human voice, professing powerlessness over the desire to drink or use drugs. Urgent desire to attend meetings. Guilt over missed meetings.