recidivism rates are applicable to rehab centers which offer multi-week in-patient programs. they're all legally required to provide them, and most are pretty sad (50%+ is typical).
no one claims attending a meeting with a few random people and talking is a "recovery program" by any stretch of imagination. they're completely different things.
> no one claims attending a meeting with a few random people and talking is a "recovery program" by any stretch of imagination. they're completely different things.
In my experience that is a false claim: AA/NA proponents frequently assert that they can help you recover from addiction.
Their religion-based system has about the same probability of helping you recover from addiction as not going to AA/NA.
>Their religion-based system has about the same probability of helping you recover from addiction as not going to AA/NA.
Not this again. We know for a fact that treatments which encourage people to be a part of AA fellowships result in a significantly higher rate of abstinence from alcohol. [1]
no one claims attending a meeting with a few random people and talking is a "recovery program" by any stretch of imagination. they're completely different things.