Alcoholics Anonymous: Overview And Evaluation

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...the oldest and most effective self-help organizations in the world. This paper discusses its design, how it delivers its services, and evaluates its effectiveness.
Discussion
The design of AA is revealed in its "Big Book," which is free on line to anyone who wants to read it. In it, a writer explains the thinking behind the organization, which is simply that the only person who truly understands what an alcoholic is going through is another alcoholic (There is a solution). The writer explains that alcoholism, unlike other illnesses such as cancer, evokes no sympathy in those around the alcoholic; instead, alcoholism "engulfs all whose lives touch the sufferer's. It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents—anyone can increase the list" (There is a solution).
The book goes on to explain that many alcoholics have gone to doctors and psychiatrists for help, only to find that the medical community has no answers, and that it does not...

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