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Anarchism and addiction recovery (self.anarchism)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by tributarium to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16439577

What have been some anarchist organizations or approaches to the problems of addiction and recovery? I've done a little bit of reading on the anarchist library and I'll continue with that. I know there are concepts of radical sobriety as well as critiques of the hierarchy within twelve step programs and the idea of addict as identity. I'm interested in any perspectives and ideas.

Something I personally find acutely annoying about recovery programs is that they're almost solipsistic not just about the profits involved and the larger political historical and economic story of addiction. Maybe it's taboo because it's not something one can solve the same way one can make choices in one's own life, but I feel like a bit of a pariah every time I want to remind people that we arent just fighting ourselves but the people who actively make money on our suffering. To me right now anarchism is the best model to describe reality, so I want to know how people who share this model have dealt with and thought about these urgent issues. Keen to be introduced to literature or communities in this vein

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous was influenced by Kropotkin. The organization is a pretty good example of anarchism in my opinion. all the groups are voluntary and there is no authority figure