RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction
October 27, 2014 at 9:42 am
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2014 at 9:52 am by Aractus.)
Okay, I just checked Moos & Moos's study - it's not a controlled trial. Participants were not told whether to attend AA or not, and those that did attend AA were people who decided to seek out treatment for themselves. Nevertheless they did find AA essentially equally effective to professional treatment with effectiveness most associated with the length of time spent in either professional treatment or AA (and 27 weeks was the magic number). They also found that people who attended both professional treatment and AA had significantly better results, which indicates that AA can work in parallel to professional treatment rather than replace it.
Also, they were comparing it to therapy available in 1990. CBT was developed later in the 90's. So it doesn't compare it to the better therapies available today, which would be expected to out perform AA over the same period of treatment (e.g. 27 weeks).
Also, they were comparing it to therapy available in 1990. CBT was developed later in the 90's. So it doesn't compare it to the better therapies available today, which would be expected to out perform AA over the same period of treatment (e.g. 27 weeks).
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
