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¶ … 12-step programs were somewhat mixed. On one hand, I have friends who say that they would never have recovered without Alcoholic's Anonymous (AA). I have never suffered an addiction myself so I cannot presume to judge the validity of their experiences. On the other hand, I often find the language of addiction and recovery, and its insistence upon the '12 steps' to be confining, even cultish in tone.
I attended a 'speaker's meeting' for this assignment. Although meetings are anonymous and closed to observers, at an AA speaker's meeting, a speaker with a year or more of sobriety talks to an open group to relate his or her experience, followed by discussion (Garrett 2009).
The meeting I attended was consistent with the literature I had previously read on AA: "the three important steps to sobriety are admitting powerlessness to alcohol, turning yourself over to a 'higher power' and never drinking again" (Snyderman 2005).
However, I had also read that "a growing number of researchers, including Dr. Alan Marlatt, psychologist and alcoholism expert at University of Washington, believe, not that the old remedy is wrong, but that it only helps a small segment of the population. Considering more than 90% of those who seek help drop out after one meeting of AA and similar...
In addition, many people are uncomfortable with the notion of the need to believe in a 'higher power' to help them quit drinking.
References
Bakalar, Nicholas. (2006). Review sees no advantage in 12-step programs. The New York Times.
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Garrett, Floyd P. (2009). Your first AA Meeting. Recovery and Wellness.
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Peale, Stanton. (2001). Drunk with power. Reason. Retrieved October 4, 2011 at http://reason.com/archives/2001/05/01/drunk-with-power
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Trimpey, Jack. (2011). Orientation. Rational Recovery. Retrieved October 4, 2011 at https://rational.org/index.php?id=90
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