Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Indeed, there are many paths to God or to spirituality without a belief in God, and there are many paths to battling the demons of addiction, despite what the treatment industry and the 12 step programs would have the world believe, despite the dismal success statistics of the programs. https://medium.com/recovery-cultures/drilling-down-to-the-root-cause-of-addiction-7c57c5a3fd6c I am a big believer in the spiritual power of the steps https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/spirituality-redefined-ff45cb53eaf2 but the programs, which preach conformity and consider uniqueness terminal, should re-evaluate their often shame based methods.