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Comment author: badger 29 March 2009 07:21:02AM *  6 points [-]

Summary of ~12 studies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effectiveness_of_Alcoholics_Anonymous

My interpretation of overall conclusions: Individuals who complete an AA program are not significantly different from those on other treatments. The studies that attempt to randomize treatments show worse results for AA. The two studies that mention adherence rates show AA has more drop-outs.


Best meta-study I could find: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2648497

Conclusion: AA is not significantly different other treatments.