Hi Tristan welcome!
There plenty of different viewpoints on how to achieve freedom from addiction here and for the most part everyone is tolerant of each others beliefs. When people start bashing a persons method of recovery is when there are problems. Check out some of the previos thread, Whew!
There's also a guidlines thread ( rules I guess ). The methods of recovery other than 12 step are discussed in the general alcohism and substance abuse sections and AA and NA have there own.
What works for you?
H