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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

However, outpatients who received 12-step facilitation were more likely to remain completely abstinent in the year following treatment than outpatients who received the other treatments.

https://web.archive.org/web/20071029204522/http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/match.htm

AA does have a huge first-mover advantage, I'll concede that*

[–]humancorpse[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sure, if you spend 50k$ to get locked in a room for a month you are more look likely to stop drinking.

Says AA..

Who do you think runs those treatment hospitals?

Who do you think wrote that article?