Attending 12-step meetings for nourishment derived from people freely discussing their mistakes and shameful behaviors can lead to reduced shame and motivation for change.

“I have a very good friend who's a a theologian and a devout Christian who of late has stopped going to his church and instead is going to 12-step meetings he does not in fact have an addiction but he gets so much um nourishment from this coming together of people who can talk freely about their mess ups and their greed and their their the mistakes that they've made and their you know shameful um guilt-ridden types of behaviors and come out you know on the other side feeling better for it less ashamed um more motivated to change those behaviors”