While I'm not an addict and I have never been to a 12 step program, I do like this concept.

I've always had a problem with 12 step programs because they talk about the whole higher power thing like the person who is trying to get better has no power. I find that dehumanizing and degrading and if I ever became an addict for whatever reason and had to get treatment, I would outright refuse entry to a 12 step program for that very reason.

Alternative treatment methods such as this are essential for addicts I think. Not everybody believes in a higher power and many might feel as I do about the whole "you are powerless to heal your addiction without God" B.S.

We are solely responsible for our own destiny in life. No higher power can choose our fate for us.