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 Alcoholics Anonymous not so effective: “most scientific studies show that some alcoholics can drink in moderation and that numerous drugs & therapies could prove more successful than AA in curing alcoholism, Miller writes.”

“Out of 50 treatment methods ranked by the strength of scientific evidence, AA comes in 38th,” Miller writes, citing a study by the Uni New Mexico.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/13/how-alcoholics-anonymous-lied-to-the-american-people/

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 Yeah of course a pill you need to take for the rest of your life works better than mindfulness in a study funded by totally unbiased people
#sarcasm