David P wrote
Rod Speed wrote
David P wrote
David P wrote

2/3 of the prison population is drug & alcohol abusers, the others
are mostly mentally ill. 12-step spiritual recovery works the best,
but most won't follow the suggestions. If our political leaders
had court-ordered job requirement to attend 3 meetings a week
of Politicians Anonymous, to learn a new way of life & become
less selfish, then more of the drunks & druggies would get into
recovery. Monkey see, monkey do. lol

A.A. Steps for the Underprivileged Non-A.A.
By Edward J. Dowling, S.J. [from The Grapevine, July 1960.]

Just another irrelevant antique.

reams of irrelevant **** flushed where it belongs

€œIts like AA€� has been the passport to acceptance among the
dignosclerotic (hardening of the dignity) for such stigma-
pilloried movements as Narcotics Anonymous, Crime Prevention,
Recovery, Inc., Divorcees Anonymous, Divorcees Unanimous, WANA,
Adiposics Anonymous, the Mattachine Society, Average People,
Nicotinic Nobodies, Daughters of Bilitis, Gamblers Anonymous,
Check Writers Anonymous, Security Cloister, Politicians Anonymous,
and other self-help groups...

Only by the fools who havent even noticed that AA doesnt work.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Vol. 181, 1 Dec 2017, Pages 162-169
Prevalence and pathways of recovery from drug and alcohol
problems in the U.S. population: Implications for practice,
research, and policy
by.Kelly, Bergman, Hoeppner, Vilsaint, White

Highlights
Little is known regarding the prevalence and pathways
to alcohol and other drug (AOD) problem resolution.

Because nothing tried works.

9.1% of the U.S. adult population (22.35 million)
has resolved a significant AOD problem.

But that wasnt due to AA.

About half use some form of professional
or informal external assistance; half do not.

And there isnt a shred of evidence that any
professional or informal external assistance helps.

Most common services are mutual-help
groups; outpatient treatment.

Which dont work.

Compared to unassisted pathway use, assisted
pathway use is associated with greater severity.

Hardly surprising, and it still doesnt work.

reams of self serving **** flushed where it belongs