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insomniasexx · 3684 days ago · link · · parent · post: The pseudo-science of Alcoholics Anonymous: There’s a better way to treat addiction.
It would be more worthwhile to look at the stats based on how many people actually want to be there (vs how many people are being forced there by the courts / family / friends). No one will get and stay sober unless they want to get sober. For some reason, just about every misdemeanor now ends with 4 weeks AA. If 50% of the people attending AA are simply there because the courts told them to be there, we shouldn't include those people into the fail/success rates.
JakobVirgil · 3684 days ago · link ·
I think we don't know any of that. It would be inte aaresting if voluntary aa treatment has better efficiency. I don't think we have a valid model of addiction. We all 'know' what it is but i don't think we really do.