Evidenced Based Programs

I am an old fashioned chemical dependency treatment counselor! The old way works. I have designed programs in the treatment field and community corrections for over 20 years. I like what I do. I am an avid follower of Father Martin. I wrote an editor of a Treatment centered Magazine and asked him why he didn't focus on any 12 step recovery programs in articles. His response was, "...and 12-step-based recovery programs are not particularly effective, and consumers are fed up. They want to be treated medically while in treatment, and are sick of being force fed so-called spirituality.