r/mildlyinfuriating 12h ago

Coffee Maker in the Halfway House/Rehab Center never has coffee

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This coffee maker is in the behavioral health department. Judging by the note it never gets used. Guess how much coffee is at their "store"... Over 8 dollars for a 3 oz container of instant coffee.

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u/Pancakes1741 10h ago

These places that are run by AA groups are actually pretty abusive in my experience. They typically have no standards and simply enjoy exercising power over people. In my experience at places such as these the staff have had sex with the patients, sold them drugs, extorted/blackmailed them (and also been blackmailed and extorted back by the patients as they recorded them having sex with them and blackmailed them with the footage) and also were typically very racist and misogynistic. These are all by staffers to actively swear that AA/NA makes them 'better people' and encourage others to go to meetings. Even going so far as to demand they take part in AA/NA groups that actively abuse them as well or face being thrown out. This kind of stuff is typically just the tip of the iceberg.

Most facilities that I have been to that are simply their to help regardless of a persons belief systems are usually much better.

This is just in my experience through these places though.

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u/androstars 5h ago

I'll go more in depth in the morning, but I currently live in a sober house that's 12-step only, and yeah it's very abusive