Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcohol dependency is a complicated condition that has killed a staggering number of people. Fortinuately, many people have banded together to support one another through behavior changes to reinvent their life without this dependency. One such program truly dominates the known landscape of addiction interventions: Alcoholics Anonymous. Yet, the effectiveness of the AA program and the "active ingredient" in its method have remained shrouded in ambiguity for nearly a century. Recent scientific research has finally begun to reveal the evidence around Alcoholics Anonymous as an intervention for dependency. Recommendations Abraham: The Creator (https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-creator) John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Allison Janney Shane: Ghostbusters - Frozen Empire (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21235248/) Links and Referenes: https://doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01600.x https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1996.57.65 https://doi.org/10.1080/10550880902772464 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2007.07.014 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005032.pub2 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/ 10.1007/978-1-4899-1678-5_3 https://www.avenuesrecovery.com/blog/why-aa-is-harmful/ https://www.practicalrecovery.com/aas-dominance-in-the-us-is-harmful/ https://www.sanctuary.net/blog/whats-wrong-with-alcoholics-anonymous/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/26/395310213/critic-faults-alcoholics-anonymous-for-lack-of-evidence https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/aa-is-faith-based-not-evidence-based/ https://www.sossobriety.org/ https://alcohol.org/alcoholics-anonymous/alternatives-to-the-aa-approach/ https://www.verywellmind.com/secular-alcohol-and-drug-rehab-programs-67702 https://www.aa.org/twelve-steps-twelve-traditions https://recoveryfirst.org/alcohol-abuse/how-does-a-a-work/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/how-effective-is-alcoholics-anonymous https://theconversation.com/does-alcoholics-anonymous-actually-work-179665 https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/alcoholism7.htm?srch_tag=nsfk6pbgbpwfrd2thlmtrzgl5tu35jso https://people.howstuffworks.com/serenity-prayer.htm?srch_tag=nsfk6pbgbpwfrd2thlmtrzgl5tu35jso https://www.columbusrecoverycenter.com/alcohol-addiction/history-of-aa/ https://youtu.be/aZIDCMbJZ-g?si=VLIxyoxZ1ToVILZI Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support. Support our podcast: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast