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==Religious neutrality== Trimpey asserts that some have accused Rational Recovery of being anti-religious. The Rational Recovery FAQ states: {{Blockquote|Rational Recovery has voiced the conscientious objections of tens of thousands of persons who have received unwanted, unconstitutional, religious indoctrinations in the course of addiction treatment. To them and others, we provide a program that is free from religion. By advocating for their religious freedom, and identifying the 12-step program as a religion that competes with established religions, we have been accused by some of being irreligious, sacrilegious, or even anti-religious. Ain't so.<ref name="RRFAQ">{{cite web |url = http://www.rational.org/faq.html | title = What is Rational Recovery?|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080107024602/http://www.rational.org/faq.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-01-07}}</ref>}} Rational Recovery claims to remain neutral on the subject of religion and sobriety. Rational Recovery founder Jack Trimpey explains, "...Rational Recovery is not interested in having people give up any of their religious beliefs; it's just none of our business what people believe about gods and saints. The only exception here, of course, is when one is 'depending' on a rescuing deity in order to remain sober. If that is one's preference, then AA is an ideal program."<ref name="TRIMPEY1995">{{cite book |last=Trimpey |first=Jack |title=The Small Book: A Revolutionary Alternative for Overcoming Drug and Alcohol Abuse |year=1995 |publisher=Dell|page=247}}</ref>
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