New York Times Reports:
When Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs are examined in controlled studies, a new review reports, scientists find no proof that they are superior to any other intervention in reducing alcohol dependence or alcohol-related problems.
The researchers, led by Marica Ferri of the Italian Agency for Public Health in Rome, found little to suggest that 12-step programs reduced the severity of addiction any more than any other intervention. And no data showed that 12-step interventions were any more – or any less – successful in increasing the number of people who stayed in treatment or reducing the number who relapsed after being sober.
July 25, 2006 at 3:59 pm
http://www.rational.org
These folks undid scads of AA damage in my life. (Not sooo sure about their ideas on sex addiction, but that’s not a problem.)
Well worth a look.