SOS takes a self-empowerment approach to recovery and maintains sobriety is a separate issue from all else. Individuals are credited for achieving and maintaining his or her sobriety.
SOS respects sobriety in any form, regardless of the path by which it is achieved.
It is not opposed to or in competition with any other recovery programs. SOS supports healthy skepticism and encourages the use of the scientific method to understand alcoholism. To break the cycle of denial and achieve sobriety, we first acknowledge that we are alcoholic or addicts. We affirm this truth daily and accept without reservation the fact that as clean and sober individuals, we can not and do not drink or use, no matter what. Since drinking or using is not an option for us, we take whatever steps are necessary to continue our Sobriety Priority lifelong.