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“In the seventy-six years since AA was created, 12-step programs have expanded to include over three hundred different organizations, focusing on such diverse issues as smoking, shoplifting, social phobia, debt, recovery from incest, even vulgarity. All told, more than five million people recite the Serenity Prayer at meetings across the United States every year.”

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Book:The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

Source: The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

“Going to rehab” is likewise a common refrain in music and film, where it is almost always uncritically presented as the one true hope for beating addiction.”

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Book:The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

Source: The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

“Every year, our state and federal governments spend over $15 billion on substance-abuse treatment for addicts, the vast majority of which are based on 12-step programs. There is only one problem: these programs almost always fail.”

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Book:The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

Source: The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

“Peer-reviewed studies peg the success rate of AA somewhere between 5 and 10 percent. That is, about one of every fifteen people who enter these programs is able to become and stay sober.”

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Book:The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

Source: The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

“In 2006, one of the most prestigious scientific research organizations in the world, the Cochrane Collaboration, conducted a review of the many studies conducted between 1966 and 2005 and reached a stunning conclusion: “No experimental studies unequivocally demonstrated the effectiveness of AA” in treating alcoholism.”

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Book:The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry

Source: The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry