What is A A.? Alcoholics Anonymous
Embracing these steps can lead toprofound personal change and a renewed sense of purpose. AA’s Twelve Steps are a suggested—but not required—ongoing recovery program in which divining and following the will of a self-defined “God as we understood Him” is central. The Twelve Steps begin with admitting to powerlessness over alcohol and recognizing the unmanageability of one's life due to alcoholism. This was the case in Walsh’s hospital inpatient treatment vs. AA study 23 and in the aftercare arm of Project MATCH 22, and arose because the patients in the non-AA/non-TSF conditions also had attended 12-step-based inpatient treatment, which in turn engendered strong participation in AA. The similarities in abstinence rates between the weekly or near-weekly AA attenders (70%) in these two latter studies with different populations and follow-up periods…