An expos of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry--and how a failed addiction-treatment model came to dominate America.
AA has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery.
Yet the evidence shows that AA has only a 5-10 percent success rate--hardly better than no treatment at all.
Despite this, doctors, employers, and judges regularly refer addicted people to treatment programs and rehab facilities .
Beacon Press The sober truth: debunking the bad science behind 12-step programs and the rehab industry, paperback/lance dodes
