50% of Women In 12 Step Programs Experience Sexual Exploitation
As someone who’s a recovering addict in several 12 step programs, I was shocked to find out how common this is. I think this is something that really needs addressed more, i initially heard about it in this article https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-culture-of-alcoholics-anonymous-perpetuates-sexual-abuse/ where spokespeople for AA straight up dismissed all of this. Here are the sources for the specific statistic: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-venn-diagram-life/202406/women-and-addiction-recovery-the-13th-step?amp
I honestly think the traditions and principles of the program protect our groups from suffering from much worse but there’s always gonna be room to improve. We are all deeply sick people just trying to help each other recover. As we often say of our recovery - we’re all a “work in progress”, there’s no reason this wouldn’t apply to the org as a whole.