A 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 10

A 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.