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- The General Service Office in New York City serves all A.A. groups in the United States and Canada. GSO also offers services to A.A. overseas, especially in countries where there is no service structure. Many other countries have their own general service offices as well.
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Mar 1, 2011 · For some heavy drinkers, the answer is a tentative yes. By Scott O. Lilienfeld & Hal Arkowitz. March 2011 Issue. The Sciences. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, celebrating its 76th anniversary this...
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global peer-led mutual aid fellowship begun in the United States dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program.
- How The 12-Step Movement Started
- We Know More About Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Now
- What’s The Evidence Base For 12-Step Programs?
- 12-Step Facilitation Therapy
- So Do 12-Step Groups Work?
Twelve step programs started in the 1930s. The founders, a stock broker and a surgeon, developed a system of peer support and then formalised the 12 steps, largely drawn from their own and others’ experience of recovery. The model has remained largely unchanged since then, despite significant advances in our understanding of the brain and of alcoho...
We now know a range of risk factors contribute to the development of alcohol and other drug problems. Genetics only accounts for about 50% of the riskof developing an alcohol disorder. And although people who have alcohol or other drug problems do sometimes have significant cognitive deficits they generally occur after alcohol and other drug use be...
It has been difficult to work out how effective AA and NA are because there has not been a lot of good quality research into them. Many of the results are published by the “fellowship”, as the 12-step movement refers to itself. And because the 12-step fellowship is by definition anonymous, some members don’t want to participate in studies that migh...
A new type of therapy, with the goal of getting people engaged in 12 step programs and reduce drop out, was developed in the 1990s as part of a large research project. It’s called 12-step facilitation therapy and is delivered by trained treatment professionals. It shouldn’t be confused with AA, which is a self-help program, rather than being therap...
If the ideals and goals of 12-step programs appeal to you, it may be able to help maintain abstinence for a period of time. But if not, there is not enough evidence of effectiveness to compel someone to attend. It is likely the key ingredient in 12-step groups is the peer support, rather than the 12 steps themselves. We know from other types of pee...
Mar 11, 2020 · When compared with other active treatment approaches — such as cognitive behavioral therapy — Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)-based interventions performed just as well at reducing drinking intensity, negative alcohol-related consequences, and addiction severity, according to a study released today.
The largest, most rigorous independent study on Alcoholics Anonymous to date shows that AA can help people get sober, stay sober, drink less, and suffer fewer negative consequences of drinking,...
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Mar 11, 2020 · Alcoholics Anonymous, the worldwide fellowship of sobriety seekers, is the most effective path to abstinence, according to a comprehensive analysis conducted by a Stanford School of Medicine researcher and his collaborators.
Dec 15, 2023 · Alcoholics Anonymous meetings may be accessible, but do they work? Do they truly help attendees achieve and maintain sobriety? According to research, the answer is yes.
