Since its origin in the 1930’s, the twelve steps program has helped people recover from alcoholism and drug use. Nowadays, we can see variations to the program, such as targeting other addictions from specific drugs to co-dependent relationships. Something that I always did not appreciate about the twelve steps program is that it was based on Christianity and God. That makes some people not wanting to attend because the meetings do not match their values. Also, for ethnic minorities it becomes difficult to attend an AA meeting, based on the mainstream culture. It lacks an understanding and addressing of limitations that people from the privileged social group would not understand. I have talked with people who attend the AA meetings that Consejo
