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Colorado Ends Twelve-Step Mandate for Parolees, Opening Door to Secular Recovery Options
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Ghostalmedia lemmy.world Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Link: https://atheists.org/news/state-policy/colorado-recovery-options-implemented-for-parolees/
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we are all crazypeople.online crazycraw@crazypeople.online
Joined: 2025-06-30
#2 · Quote Reply

that's nice.

that 2nd step is a doozy for those of us who don't ...subscribe to .."higher powers".
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null_ref_err lemmy.world null_ref_err@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
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Colorado has many secular 12 step groups as well, typically using external literature to reword the steps:

https://coloradofreethinkers.org/atheist-secular-humanist-groups/

https://secular-sobriety.org/

But this is still great from the legislative side - like the article suggests, opens up other programs like SMART, dharma recovery, etc.
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Ghostalmedia lemmy.world Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#4 · Quote Reply
null_ref_err wrote:
Colorado has many secular 12 step groups as well, typically using external literature to reword the steps: https://coloradofreethinkers.org/atheist-secular-humanist-groups/ https://secular-sobriety.org/ But this is still great from the legislative side - like the article suggests, opens up other programs like SMART, dharma recovery, etc.

Also worth noting, there are some pretty good alternatives to 12 step programs. Life Ring, Smart Recovery, Recovery Dharma, etc.
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Ghostalmedia lemmy.world Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
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we are all wrote:
that's nice. that 2nd step is a doozy for those of us who don't ...subscribe to .."higher powers".

It’s also a doozy for people who are looking for self empowerment.
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