Yes, follinge, I agree somewhat with what you are saying. in fact this has been a criticism that I have had with AA for many years. AA's premise is that addiction is a disease, and thus one can never have recovery. I see this premise as a denial system within AA that holds it back from being more successful. Considering that AA is only 5% effective, then we can see why it is 95% ineffective.
I recently found this video, which represents a novel recovery strategy, which actually supports the GWV model, but their model needs updating to do so.
Drugs Don’t Cause Addiction:The premise of this video is that by improving the world one lives in, drug addictions go away, which means drugs are a symptom of a dysfunctional world, not a cause of addiction in and of themselves.
This happens to be consistent with the GWV recovery model; however, the GWV recovery model is not based upon superficial changes to the environment, which the video advocates, but is based upon teaching people to meditate deeply causes their addictions to go away. And, by learning to meditate deeply one acquires contentment with in spite of how dysfunctional the world is.
It just so happens the GWV recovery model is also consistent with the Noble Eightfold Path; however, I have yet to read or meet, a Buddhist priest of meditation teacher who understands the Noble Eightfold Path sufficiently to understand how following it leads to addiction recovery.
The GWV recovery model depends upon cultivating jhana; whereas, Buddhist priests and meditation teachers reject jhana.
