Hi,
Yes I guess it depends what state of mind those people were in at the time but it was also the staff /volunteers whatever they were at this group that down played his problem, if he didn’t have a problem he wouldn’t have been sent to a support/rehabilitation group as a punishment . My husband wasn’t so bad at that point thought but still he needed help and these peoples attitude kind of gave him the green light to get worse not better. He’s got a negative perception of the support groups because that experience was so embarrassing being ridiculed for not being a bad enough addict.
Took your advice last night, we joined the one zoom available at that time and just had a listen. You were right no one was judging what anyone else’s addiction were they just let the person talk it out. I don’t know what he thought of it but as you say it’s upto him. So now I’ve got the zoom set up it’s open to him to go on to it now if he can, I’m not going to go on about it because you were right it has to be his choice.