Why Does Alcoholics Anonymous Work?

~ Jason Schwartz

This video addresses two important questions:

  1. Can evidence be trusted if it’s not from a randomized controlled trial?
  2. Does Alcoholics Anonymous involvement really help alcoholics stay sober? Or, do AA attenders just stay sober because they are more motivated than non-attenders to stay sober?

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.