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    what are the stats for drug and alcohol recovery? How many users actually stop?

    Question by Rose: what are the stats for drug and alcohol recovery? How many users actually quit?
    This question applies to addicts. How a lot of drug addicts and alcoholics in fact kick their habits? Let’s say 20 folks go into treatment, how many of those 20 will get clean for a substantial amount of time: five years or far more?

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    Answer by Who Am I
    Regrettably the number is pretty low. Out of 20 I would say maybe 4-5, if that.

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    Posted by comments - October 1, 2011 at 10:56 am

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    How well do alcohol recovery programs actually work?

    Question by almintaka: How nicely do alcohol recovery programs really perform?
    Hi Everyone,
    Alcoholics Anonymous (“AA”, spiritual), Rational Recovery (“RR”, cognitive), Wise (cognitive), Save Ourselves (“SOS”, cognitive) and other alcohol recovery programs all claim varying levels of achievement in helping alcoholics on the road to recovery. Even so, there is a lot of controversy surrounding their claims, as even a quick search on the web will reveal. Viewing this chaos of opinions from “outside the box”, it certainly appears as though they are all blowing smoke. Anecdotal arguments are utilized, tabloid-style quotations are touted as being authentic, and “my way or the highway” rationalizing is usually used. One thing they all have in widespread is that apparently none of them has a manage on real statistics (though I could be wrong here I just haven’t found any). In addition, independent studies (NIAA, Dawson) have shown that these programs are no far more productive than no program at all. What’s your opion? Do one or a lot more of these programs function greater than nothing?

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    Answer by Rachel
    I think any recovery program works only as well as the time & persistance the addict puts into staying clean.

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    Posted by comments - September 29, 2011 at 5:25 pm

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    How well do alcohol recovery programs actually work?

    Question by almintaka: How well do alcohol recovery programs actually work?
    Hi Everyone,
    Alcoholics Anonymous (“AA”, spiritual), Rational Recovery (“RR”, cognitive), SMART (cognitive), Save Ourselves (“SOS”, cognitive) and other alcohol recovery programs all claim varying levels of success in helping alcoholics on the road to recovery. However, there is a lot of controversy surrounding their claims, as even a quick search on the internet will reveal. Viewing this chaos of opinions from “outside the box”, it certainly seems as though they’re all blowing smoke. Anecdotal arguments are used, tabloid-style quotations are touted as being authentic, and “my way or the highway” rationalizing is often used. One thing they all have in common is that apparently none of them has a handle on real statistics (though I could be wrong here; I just haven’t found any). In addition, independent studies (NIAA, Dawson) have shown that these programs are no more successful than no program at all. What’s your opion? Do one or more of these programs work better than nothing?

    Best answer:

    Answer by Rachel
    I think any recovery program works only as well as the time & persistance the addict puts into staying clean.

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    How many registered/sanctioned Alcoholics Anonymous style recovery based 12 step groups are there actually?

    Question by sheepfriend: How numerous registered/sanctioned Alcoholics Anonymous style recovery based 12 step groups are there truly?
    I was sitting around with some buddies in a 12 step meeting consuming pie and we have been curious if somebody or an organization somewhere truly kept track of how many 12 step applications are out there.

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    Posted by comments - June 14, 2011 at 4:53 pm

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