The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous??? What the heck??
I thought AA had achieved a great deal of success.
While I understand that not everybody is helped by AA, isn’t it a stretch to say its an irrational program?
So just because this article cites some other methods which help addicts, how does it follow that AA is not a good treatment method???
Efficacious is not the same as rational.
It's great training if you aspire to join a cult.
There are plenty of other treatments that have similar records of failure but, that failure is the responsibility of the addict or alcoholic, who is the only lightbulb that must want to change...
That depends upon how you define "irrational." Seems to me that an irrational program could include any program that hasn't undergone a long-term, result-oriented study that uses control groups based upon age, race, ethnicity, wealth, family structure, and other demographics. Indeed, by that definition, Common Core is about as irrational as a program can get.
“I thought AA had achieved a great deal of success.”
Not if you are trying to make money off people not drinking.
There is no way to know for sure. I have known people who swear it worked for them, but the actual percentage of people who succeed through AA verses other methods, or even just going cold turkey will never be known because of AA's anonymity (the second"A").
AA has at best an 8% success rate. Many other treatments are more effective.