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Originally Posted by Orruar
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Does it? All the numbers I've ever seen have shown that things like AA and NA are no more effective than 0 treatment (5-10% success rate).
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It's greater than that if used completely.
The biggest problem with AA/NA is the anonymous factor. It's incredibly hard to get a accurate success rate.
You also have to take into account that most of the time success rate means "They stopped for good", when in reality most people do relapse a few times before they finally get completely clean.
The biggest selling point about AA/NA and other group therapy is that it helps treat a underlying issue with your addiction. Being able to learn how to live a healthy lifestyle (which is the base of what AA teaches you) gives you a big leg up over not when it comes to getting clean.
It's easier to stay clean if everything else in your life is going well. It's hard to stay clean when your life is a wreck. You learn how to live life on lifes terms, and be positive and happy then drugs become much less of a need.
But any statistic you read about AA/NA and whatnot are either misleading or wrong. The truth is you really can't measure how successful it actually is.
But it doesn't take a genius to gather that having a good healthy support structure will increase your chances of recovery vs. nothing at all. Sure some people can get clean on their own, in fact many people do. I know a few people who have quit Meth could turkey and are doing just fine without it years later. If that's you, more power to you. If you can't, then it doesn't hurt anything to try AA/NA.