program based on Alcoholics Anonymous. Almost ALL rehab programs are based on the 12 steps, because it works better than any other program before or since.
Yes.. it mentions GOD, or a HIGHER POWER. It is so far from a Religious Organization.
Good Luck Mr. Hazle with your quest.. but be forewarned.. you’ll probably die with a needle in your arm.
Some AA programs push a strong God/religious emphasis. Someone I know went to an AA meeting that had a number of athiests or aganostics. At that meeting little was mentioned about God, but people were told they could use their sponsor or some other healthy respected person as their “higher power.” The 12 steps themselves do not have to be religious in emphasis. They include things like making a fearless moral inventory of your past mistakes. This could certainly be given a God/sin emphasis in biased hands. Also helping other addicts.
My atheist acquaintenance was much helped by the program.