i spent the last 3 years working in a teen recovery home, taking kids to meeting every night and i have had these thoughts many times. now i go to a different 12-step group of my own and still think about how beautiful the “principles before personalities” is.

i only struggle with the lord’s prayer at the end. i cannot say it with them. i am anabaptist in belief and cannot say “our father” with people who dont believe in the non-violent “son” of said “father.” it is something i struggle with as a christian, but the groups themselves are amazing.

It’s almost like we keep doing “what works” because that is what we did in the past, but that is such a dangerous and stale way of thinking.