u/Interesting_Pace3606

After a decade of being spiritually gas lit anything related to god or spirtuality makes my skin crawl. My girlfriend is mildly religious (church on holidays and praying before meals when she remembers) it's not a huge deal but when ever it does come up there are some negative emotions on my part, i even called it fake once. How have y'all engaged with these ideas after leaving 12 steps? I'd like to be able to be neutral about these things.

It's been so infuriating to be watching a move or show and see a 12-step/ AA plot line shoe horned in. That's how I first learned about AA before I ever attended a meeting.

There needs to be media that normalizes sobriety without rehab or 12-step meetings. Or better yet a plotline that shows the gas lighting in AA and the individual gets better by leaving and focusing on their relationships. The cult needs to stop being normalized and glorified.