Stories and resources to help people recovering from food addiction
Twelve step programs can have a lot of religious (and specifically Christian) overtones, which can be really off-putting if you are not religious or not Christian. You can still find recovery in these programs as a secular or non-Christian person. There are some versions of the programs that are secular, and there are many alternative versions of the steps. This section includes resources that can help secular people who are seeking recovery.
Twelve step programs can have a lot of religious overtones, and that can make people who don’t believe in the Christian god feel left out. The programs are actually meant to be “spiritual” and not religious, but even the word “spiritual” makes some of us cringe. This book is about finding the kind of spirituality that can help an addict achieve recovery, without reference to any religion, and without sounding like you are joining some sort of new age cult.
Twelve step programs are rooted in Christianity, so they can be off-putting to people who are not Christian, or not religious. This article lists 20+ alternative ways of conceptualizing the twelve step in a non-religious way.
Twelve step programs are rooted in Christianity, so they can be off-putting to people who are not Christian, or not religious. This book gives twenty alternative ways of thinking about the twelve steps, none of which require a belief in a “supernatural interventionist deity”. The author, Roger C., is the founder of the “We Agnostics” AA group.
This podcast is about addiction in general rather than about food addiction specifically. It is secular in nature, so may be of help to people who find twelve step programs too religious in nature.
