i fucking hate how visual media normalizes — and therefore legitimizes — 12-step facilitation.

it’s like every god damn show dealing with addiction has to throw aa in there in some self-righteous way that portrays it as the enlightened path toward recovery.

it’s bullshit.

it depicts people in the program as these sage know-it-all assholes who have achieved some kind of higher wisdom that resonates with universal truth.

fuck that.

god, when will we get out of the fucking dark ages and start viewing addiction through an evidence-based lens?

fuck you, hollywood.