Originally Posted by
dgillz 
I have never been to rehab, but what you described is not a 12 step program. There are no counselors at 12 step meetings, and there is no charge to attend a meeting. You can share anything you like, and I have never in nearly 5 years heard someone get cut off in an AA or NA meeting.
Heck if that was my experience in AA, I would never go back either. But since my experience with AA is so radically different from what you described, my question is, has he in fact attended 12 step meetings or not?
Being in a 12 steps based recovery program is not the same thing as attending an AA/NA meeting. There are counselors at group rehab meetings and it's all about sharing and supporting each other. No doubt everyone gets cut off sooner or later. That's real life.
I choose to not believe everything my daughter told me about what happens at group within the rehab enviornment because my daughter at the time, preferred to be sticking needles in her arms instead of learning how to cope with life, as is.