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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) reports that approximately 7 percent of adults in the United States struggles with alcohol abuse and/or addiction. Many of these individuals turn to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), which aims to be a safe haven for those with alcohol addictions to retreat and process their emotions under the veil of anonymity. However, the 12-step program is often accompanied by the “13th step,” a little-known cycle of sexual predation within the organization.
The “13th step” of AA is the unofficial term for the step that some members with over a year of sobriety take to prey on newcomers with less than one year of sobriety. One year of sobriety is significant in AA because members are advised not to date or have relationships of a romantic and/or sexual nature when going through the initial stages of the program. Individuals first seeking sobriety are vulnerable and highly sensitive, so AA advises the focus to be on recovery instead of romantic relationships that could prove challenging and trigger someone into a relapse. With this knowledge, seasoned veterans of the program often prey on newcomers. Laura, a woman in AA who now celebrates three years of sobriety, was preyed on by an older man with years of sobriety when she first entered the program. As Laura explains, this man would dissuade her from going to meetings in an attempt to take her out instead. He made it seem like he was supporting her sobriety, when really he was putting it in jeopardy. Their relationship ended when he made sexual advances and Laura refused. She later met a woman with a similar story about the same man. Laura states, “She told me that he would take her to bars even though she was having trouble staying sober.”
The 2015 documentary entitled “The 13th Step,” by Monica Richardson, sheds light on this sexual predation within AA. The film’s website states that it “exposes the criminal and sexually predatory behavior that occurs systematically within Alcoholics Anonymous.” As Melody Anderson, an addiction therapist, explains, “It creates a differing power ratio where someone is gaining power over someone weaker, and it can endanger both of their sobriety. The one thing I always want people to realize is this is not a gender thing. All sexes and gender preferences can be predators.”
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