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Hazelden Treatment Center and AA Statistics - Belief versus Fact: What is the truth about AA's success rate?
There is clearly a bias here. But nevertheless, this article provides some interesting information.
And, once again, if AA/CA works for you...power to you.
But, having attended several CA meetings and having had many dealing a with those who have gone to MANY AA/CA mertings, it is a religious-based organization whose success rate is far less impressive then generally advertised.
And having attended meetings for nearly 9 years, I can offer a very informed opinion that it's NOT a religious based organization. For some people the 'higher power' element (i.e. God) of the program is central to their recovery. For many others, it's not, and I'm in the latter category. I haven't attended church for years. And in most decent sized meetings, people attending will run the gamut from confirmed atheists to the very religious.
In fact, surprising to me when I first became aware of it, the Christian evangelical types in my area don't often attend AA because they don't agree with the concept that there can be many possible and acceptable 'higher powers.' For them, there is only ONE God - the God of the Bible. There are several explicitly Christian recovery programs in the area that cater to that group, and I hope those attending are successful and live happy, sober, productive lives. I've been to their meetings and they are popular and I assume the hundreds that attend one big program nearby derive a great benefit from the services, but they are definitely NOT for me. No problem!
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