The inner logic of 12 Step recovery is completely different from the inner logic of our profit-driven, media-based culture or commercial treatment.

The inner logic of 12 step recovery is completely different from the inner logic of our profit-driven, media-based culture or commercial treatment. The fundamental difference is put succinctly by one of my favourite slogans from the 12 Step tradition: "If nothing changes, nothing changes." The Christian community has done nothing of any consequence in the last two generations to decrease the incidence of addiction and abuse. I am unable to point to a single denomination which can claim to have implemented prevention programs capable of significantly reducing the amount of addiction and abuse in its pews. There is absolutely no reason to think that the incidence of sexual abuse in the Christian community is decreasing.