In the Christian community you will find some resistance to the long-term nature of Twelve Step recovery. Some people think, for example, that the long-term character of the program represents a failure to trust in God's power to heal in dramatic ways. There are at least four points that need to be made about this. First, there is nothing about the long-term nature of recovery that minimizes God's power. Twelve Step recovery is a daily miracle.
Recovery is like that.
It takes as long as it takes. All of us experience it as taking longer than we would prefer. But the critical question is not about speed. It is about thoroughness. Thirdly, we all know that there are ways to bring recovery to an end quickly.