r/recoverywithoutAA↗
Addiction Recovery Without the 12 Steps
r/recoverywithoutAA is a platform for people in addiction recovery (regardless of DOC) to come together to discuss their experiences, and strategies for recovery and healing, without the use of the 12 Step programs. This is an inclusive, supportive place to find help without being told all your problems will be fixed by just 'going to a meeting'. Open discourse on all addiction treatment modalities is welcomed. This is also a safe place to vent, deconstruct and deprogram from AAs ideology/dogma
24k subscribers382 posts / mo in Sep 2026305 authors / mosince 2014
r/recoverywithoutAA has 24k members (+73% over the last 12 months). It gets about 382 posts a month from 305 people. Top topics: AA Meetings & Groups, Addiction Stories & Insights and WorstExamples.
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- AA Meetings & Groups0.4%
- Addiction Stories & Insights0.1%
- WorstExamples<0.1%
- Recovery Podcasts<0.1%
- Pain and Poetry<0.1%
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- Gofund
- Substack
- Apple
- Spotify
- Change
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