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Researchers from Stanford University found that a 12-step oriented treatment program that included attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings boosted two-year sobriety rates by 30% compared to cognitive-behavioral (CB) programs, the BBC reported.
Twelve-step oriented programs also cost 30% less than CB-based treatment for addiction, the researchers said.
Lead study author Keith Humphreys said the spiritual dimension of AA may explain why recovering alcoholics in such programs are better able to resist the temptation to return to drinking.
The study appears in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
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- Spiritual Health Blockages
- A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps
- Gay & Lesbian Recovery
- Military Families and Alcoholism
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This is really interesting. I’m not sure that I absolutely believe it though. I think that there are a lot of people who get clean/sober without 12 step programs. Don’t get me wrong, I have found my place in NA, but I think there is actually too much emphasis put on people needing the meetings.
On the price point…of course, it is cheaper — it’s FREE. I find it amazing that treatment centers charge so much to teach something that is supposed to be offered for free. Interesting.
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