Developed as an alternative to AA and other 12-step programs, Rational Recovery (RR) is a program developed by Jack Trimpey who declares that addiction recovery is not a group project, rather an individual responsibility.

Most doctors agree that addiction is a disease. Even the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) agrees that drug addiction shares many features with chronic illnesses including heritability. The NIDA classifies addiction as a disease comparable to cancer, type II diabetes or cardiovascular disease. However, Jack Trimpey doesn’t agree with the NIDA, in fact, Trimpey doesn’t agree with most of the recovery programs that exist which aren’t his own.

Jack Trimpey is adamantly against support groups claiming that “support” is nothing more, and nothing less than a plan to get loaded in the absence of support. He also proclaims that using drugs or abusing alcohol is absolutely voluntary and there is nothing in an individual’s past, genes, brain or personality that causes one to drink or use drugs.

It’s important to point out that Jack Trimpey is not a doctor. He is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of California who drank heavily for 20 years. Trimpey is also the author of several books on his self-proclaimed “revolutionary” method for overcoming alcohol and drug addiction.

"All of this ‘therapeutic’ activity is part of a convincing illusion that addicted people are somehow defective, or are afflicted with a disease that requires skilled, professional services and lifelong management and prevention.” Writes Trimpey. “In Rational Recovery, we take a rather old-fashioned view of the addiction as willful misconduct, voluntary and for the purpose of physical pleasure. As for ‘tough love’, we know it’s tough to love a drunk, so there’s no use pretending.”

Trimpey has taken his views on recovery online at www.Rational.org, where visitors can explore Rational Recovery (RR) and its unique views and guidelines for overcoming addiction.

Developed as an alternative to AA and other 12-step programs, Rational Recovery (RR) is a program developed by Jack Trimpey who declares that addiction recovery is not a group project, rather an individual responsibility.

Most doctors agree that addiction is a disease. Even the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) agrees that drug addiction shares many features with chronic illnesses including heritability. The NIDA classifies addiction as a disease comparable to cancer, type II diabetes or cardiovascular disease. However, Jack Trimpey doesn’t agree with the NIDA, in fact, Trimpey doesn’t agree with most of the recovery programs that exist which aren’t his own.

Jack Trimpey is adamantly against support groups claiming that “support” is nothing more, and nothing less than a plan to get loaded in the absence of support. He also proclaims that using drugs or abusing alcohol is absolutely voluntary and there is nothing in an individual’s past, genes, brain or personality that causes one to drink or use drugs.

It’s important to point out that Jack Trimpey is not a doctor. He is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of California who drank heavily for 20 years. Trimpey is also the author of several books on his self-proclaimed “revolutionary” method for overcoming alcohol and drug addiction.

"All of this ‘therapeutic’ activity is part of a convincing illusion that addicted people are somehow defective, or are afflicted with a disease that requires skilled, professional services and lifelong management and prevention.” Writes Trimpey. “In Rational Recovery, we take a rather old-fashioned view of the addiction as willful misconduct, voluntary and for the purpose of physical pleasure. As for ‘tough love’, we know it’s tough to love a drunk, so there’s no use pretending.”

Trimpey has taken his views on recovery online at www.Rational.org, where visitors can explore Rational Recovery (RR) and its unique views and guidelines for overcoming addiction.