Individuals in twelve-step groups differentiate themselves as alcoholics or addicts and cite differences in these groups, claiming their ‘diseases’ warrant different groups: AA for alcoholics and NA for addicts. In Twelvesteppery, this thinking is logical if you understand the disease model that is the same basis for understanding cancer, with each cancer type requiring a different treatment. Some cancer you treat with hormones, others you treat with chemo. You see, it is all very rational.
