Tip #1. can be harmful and demoralizing to someone who is trying to quit or just quit their drug of choice/alcohol. At best, the disease model is just one theory to explain addiction from a medical standpoint. And Tip #3 is impossible according to 12 Steppers/12 Step's own literature. "You are never fully recovered." But hey, it's not like I've never heard any contradictory nonsense from people at a treatment center before....