Jack Trimpey

About the author: Jack Trimpey is the founder of Rational Recovery, a network of self-help groups. He is also the author of The Small Book and Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) does not believe in helping people recover from their addictions. Instead, AA seeks to impose its will upon addicted people. AA defeats the First Amendment by forcing a religion down the throats of alcohol abusers. AA is not about helping addicts recover from addictions; AA is a cult that values its unity above any individual. In preaching its religion of "twelve steps," AA diverts millions of people away from the most obvious and significant focus of recovery: abstinence from alcohol and drugs.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an American icon, the great...