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    Use the chart below to see how other organizations agree or differ in terms of  their philosophies, their techniques, and their attitudes toward addiction and toward those in the grip of addictive behaviors.  NOTE:  This chart is a general guide only.  Local programs or individual groups may accommodate different views or allow individual choice on one or more of these issues.  
   
 

 

The Recovery Spectrum

Principle

 Alcoholics Anonymous Women For Sobriety LifeRing Secular Recovery SMART Recovery Rational Recovery
Abstinence

Disease Model

      
Powerlessness        
Higher Power        
Daily Acknowledgment    
Group Work  
Alcoholic    
Character Defect        
Sponsors        
Recovery      
Lay-led * * *
Denial    
For More Information Alcoholics Anonymous Women for Sobriety LifeRing Secular Recovery SMART Recovery Rational Recovery

* Although the direction of SMART meetings is determined by the group, such meetings may utilize professional counselors to help the members of the group arrive at a deeper and more helpful understanding of the dynamics exposed by the group discussion.
* * Rational Recovery is not part of the recovery group movement.  This program does not utilize a group format.

 
   
   

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