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>* I do not agree with a lot of the premises of the literature---- But that being said........It works! * From the article: "Lance Dodes, a retired psychiatry
by dunmalg 9y ago
>* I do not agree with a lot of the premises of the literature---- But that being said........It works! *
From the article:
"Lance Dodes, a retired psychiatry professor from Harvard Medical School, looked at Alcoholics Anonymous’s retention rates along with studies on sobriety and rates of active involvement (attending meetings regularly and working the program) among AA members. Based on these data, he put AA’s actual success rate somewhere between 5 and 8 percent."
According to that, about the best you can say is that "it works when it works", which isn't saying much. I'm glad it worked for you, but the fact that for evey one of you there are 10 who go back to drinking doesn't do much to recommend the program as the legally mandated cure-all it currently is.
- zafka 9y agoA quick search on Lance Dodes, shows he has an axe to grind and some books to sell. Also, remember AA is suggested for people who want to quit. IF you take 100 kids who got caught smoking pot in high school, force them to go to AA meetings, there is a good chance they will not stop drinking. Don't attack the method because people misuse it. I really think there are a lot of other things that do work, and I think the drug naltrexone can be very useful in helping people quit from what I have read. What pisses me off is when shills who really don't know what they are doing push a gimmick for profit. One of the things that is giving AA a bad name are all the fly by night treatment centers who say they are using 12 step methods, but actually all they are really doing in collecting insurance and warehousing people for 28 days.