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Originally Posted by spiritoday
I’ve often wondered why Alcoholics Anonymous is so widespread when they have had such a low success rate. They used to have posted on their website it was 5%.
The twelve steps don’t specifically point to dealing with the underlying issues and behaviors that drive a person to want to use. So why is it so popular?
Are they so wide spread and popular because people can ease into getting real help? Or because it can distract people from have to work on the underlying issue? Like they don’t specifically have to find the underlying causes that drive them to using?
The twelve steps are awesome, they just don’t say to deal with the underlying problems that can drive a person to use. Like by asking the question, “What are you turning away from or denying that you have to cover up with drugs or alcohol?
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AA meetings allow recovering alcoholics a platform for discussion and camaderie with other former addicts. Once someone leaves an addiction treatment center, one of the things they're asked to do is attend 90 straight days of AA or NA meetings which is very hard to do but it greatly decreases the likelihood of relapse. But you're right. These meetings only touch the physical side of addiction and not the mental side so their success rates can be imperfect. It really depends on the work ethic of the addict and how badly they want sobriety.