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Traditional treatment programs, especially Alcoholics Anonymous, profess that being of service to others is a critical component of addiction recovery. And, I would agree with that perspective. However, everyone?s true life purpose is exclusive and necessarily relate to helping others overcome alcoholism. In fact, 90% of the time, the true-to-life function of an addicted person has nothing regarding addiction recovery. Providing a blanket rule, like AA does, not just leads people astray, nonetheless it?s also counterproductive because helping others sticking with the same affliction usually perpetuates victimization. 5. The concentration of their language