As more and more people seeking help for addiction are seeking alternatives to 12 step-based treatment, rehabs, and meetings, more and more treatment programs, and rehabs are advertising they offer a non-12 step program. But many of these supposed non-12 step programs are not what they say they are. Creators of the first and only fully non-12 step program, The Freedom Model, explain what qualifies as a true non-12 step program and why this can be a lifesaving clarification.

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