Make no mistake; AA is a sect or cult of Christianity.Christianity permeates the program denoted by revisions of Christian rites like Step Three, "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him," which serves as the baptismal rebirth of born-again Christians. Step Five, "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs," forms confession. AA argues these steps are spiritual, not religious, but this claim is disingenuous, considering everyone must practice them to follow the program correctly. Seeing AA as a Christian sect, cult, or church - all of which AA comprises elucidates further in a monotheistic God belief, adherence to loosely referenced scripture, and most of all because it produces the exact same controlling culture. As one AA victim described, "This time around, I made a promise to myself that I would obey all the family rules. After all, I had learned from an early age that it is God's will to honor thy parents, and I now learned in AA that, as a recovering alcoholic, I was to do God's will, which was not-so-subtly hinted to be that which is taught by Christian religions."[i]Seeing AA as a Christian sect mires in AA's interpretation of Christianity that genericizes God and redacts all mention of Jesus and the Abrahamic God, replaced with "higher power." Confounding this view further, faith in the teachings of Jesus Christ defines Christians, and witnessing AAs recoil at the mention of Christ or the Bible makes one question how AAs can be Christians if they do not follow Christ? They do follow (a) Christ and just don't know it.[i] Fransway, Rebecca (2000). 12-step horror stories: true tales of misery, betrayal, and abuse in AA, NA, and 12-step treatment.