Tuesday, June 28, 2011

what do we do about drug addiction today? pt.3

I have concluded that twelve step programs are not really going to help me. Statistics from several sources show that AA and NA have a success rate of about 30%. That might actually be generous for it is really hard to get accurate statistics on these programs. But lets just say that its around 30% successful in keeping people sober. My guess is that the 30% is comprised of people who are either religious, had some kind of religious background, or are just so desperate that they are willing to change their beliefs. According to Jerry Dorsman's book How to Quit Drugs for Good, People whose views on philosophy and religion differ greatly from those in the twelve step program will probably not be able to have success remaining clean and sober. This would not be a problem if there were alternatives to AA and NA, but as far as I know there are almost none.

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