In a AA rehab prison
I’m currently staying in a sober house that forces us to go to meetings and do the 12 steps. I can’t leave and go home because my parents have my keys and are watching my bank account. I’ve been in the program a few years and have slowly been seeing its toxicity. I have no problem with the God thing but I am so tired of being shamed and treated like a broken sinner with my life on the line. It’s all or nothing thinking and it’s really insidious I feel it in my heart.
The house is staffed by brainwashed alumni with 5 months sober treating me like a spoiled child. Old timers are now enlightened gurus because they don’t lie and live their life based on pop-spiritual principles like gratitude and service. All I hear in meeting is fake virtue signaling and idiots telling me that it’s life or death.
Any advice ? How do I survive this cult scene without being condemned or chewed up?
Posted Feb 7, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC