I agree 100% and this is something I write about from time to time, both with the goal of better treatment, https://medium.com/illumination/drilling-down-to-the-root-cause-of-addiction-7c57c5a3fd6c, (my essays supplements your dive beneath the pain) and with the goal of broadening the appeal of certain of the 12 steps, which every person could benefit from and I think the wisdom and potentilal for personal and spiritual growth underying steps 4, 5 (without the god part), 8, 9, 10 and 12 should be part of high school curriculum. https://medium.com/illumination/spirituality-redefined-ff45cb53eaf2 God, which I do believe in in my own and not religious way, has nothing to do with spirituality and thus spirituality is a topic tat belongs in all schools. "When I use the term spiritual, I use it in a manner that transcends the binary of theism versus atheism. One can act entirely spiritual with or without a belief in “god” however one understands that term. Spirituality only requires love, empathy, compassion, humility, honesty and courage."