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Lurking on this site, I have been seeing a lot of misinformation about the efficacy of 12-step programs being made. I finally created an account when I found an active thread making the same dubious claims that the 12-step programs do not work.

The current science shows that the 12-step programs work for some alcoholics/addicts. Note that other recovery fellowships which do not use the 12 steps appear to also work.

This meta-study from the well-renowned Cochrane group showing very strong evidence of AA efficacy is open access: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7065341/