Ep 70 The Truth About the 12 Steps – Cult Religion Part 5 of 6
Sobriety Bestie Podcast · Kirsten Johnson
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Show Notes
The 12 Steps weren’t created to help you recover — They were designed to make you surrender to God.
In Part 5 of our Cult Religion series, we uncover the real origin of the 12 Steps. Not trial and error. Not divine inspiration. They were lifted directly from the Oxford Group — a 1930s religious cult obsessed with sin, confession, and absolute surrender to God.
Inside this episode:
🔎 Where each step really came from
⚠️ How religious control was disguised as “recovery”
🤯 How Bill Wilson didn’t invent the steps
📖 The disturbing links between AA’s program and moral re-armament tactics
💥 The steps were never a medical solution. They were a religious conversion tool. And most of us had no idea.
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