I can give you my personal take on that. Now, I have never been an addict, but... someone once convinced me to go to a meeting of "Adult Children of Alcoholics Anonymous". This person said that since I had gone through emotional abuse from my parents and extended family when growing up, the issues I was facing were the same. This person led such meetings in San Francisco. San Francisco is too far so I went to a local meeting.

I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE ATTENDED ANYTHING MORE BORING.

And that is saying a lot, because my meetings at work are extremely boring. But still livelier than the ACAA.

Plus, those people talk about powerlessness and that sort of stuff.

So, I am thinking, if I personally had an obligation to attend meetings that inculcate powerlessness and are outrageously boring, I, too, would eventually lose my sex drive and the drive to enjoy life in general.