Why are 12 step programs opposed to any medicine ?

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I have been studying 12 step programs and I have noticed a pattern that is very distrubing . that being the almost total opposition to any medcation even if it is medication that saves a life , helps that person live meaningfull productive life free of pain . 12 steppers seem to have a irrational fear of narcotic pain relivers and benzodaiezpaines . 12 steppers they would love to deny chronic pain and cancer paitnets morphine oxy -contin and Klonopin or Valuim and meds like it . 12 steppers routinly tell newcomers to stop thier meds right way go to more metings and thier Higher Power (God) will take care of them ! Regradless of the med, stopping a medication abrutply can lead to serious medical emrgencies or be fatal .

I notided a irrational slogan 12 steppers have - if you are addcited to alcohol you are addicted to evey drug ! A near physiological impossibity and a statisitical improbality. Why the lies and fear mongering ? Is it illegal for AA to LIE

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While i do not agree with their philosophy, they have an irrational fear of further addiction. They believe that a person can have a disposition towards addiction. And it isnt uncommon for a person to replace one addiction with another.

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The problem is in trading one addiction for another. And you are incorrect. An addictive personality will always find something to cling to. That's the point of an addictive personality. Those who recognize it in themselves, will usually take great pains in staying away from anything that will be addictive.

Most not all A.A. members have class A addictive personalities, to medicate only swaps addictions I know I'm in A.A. and have been down that road:( A.A. dose not say to stop all meds be reasonable medications that are for other problems were proscribed for treating problems not to stop alcohol abuse

The steps in a Twelve Step program set about eliminating variables in your life that lead you to abuse or addisction - Drugs would establish yet another variable/obstacle on one's road to recovery.
You don't loose wieght by replacing cheeseburgers with Nachos.

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