You cannot belittle any form of recovery in the Secular Forums. Not 12 steps, not Lifering. No program bashing. It will result automatically in an official warning.
This forum is for Secular forms of Recovery. They range from the psychologically based SMART Recovery, Rational Recovery (AVRT), LifeRin/SOS and several smaller recovery forms which do not incorporate religious or G-d talk.
Myself, I started in AA and migrated to SMART. I’m now a trained Faciliator. While in AA my higher power was the Big Bang. Now that I work Secular Recovery my religious faith is Greek Orthodox Christianity but it simply is not a factor in my choice of recovery methods.
SMART being secular holds no belief on the spiritual side of a person’s life. We don’t talk about it in meetings because we work on Rational and Emotive Beehavioral Therapy tools.
If you wish to discuss your experiences in 12 step programs from a secular viewpoint just to the next forum: Secular 12 Steps.