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Along with a few like-minded people in recovery he formed Psychedelics in Recovery — or PIR — the first 12-step group to emphasize psychedelics as a tool for recovery from addiction.

The 12-step emphasis on humility may be the single most common justification for abuse within recovery culture, and work is one of the ways in which that abuse is perpetrated.

Others in recovery agreed that 12-step recovery worked for them. “By doing the 12 steps, I’ve grown and changed the person that I was,” says Kenny, with 30 years in recovery.