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Podcast: Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Episode: Mini Series 12 - Addiction Q&A - 2
Description: Q: How important is AA?A: Alcoholics Anonymous is the world’s largest support group with 115,000 chapters worldwide and an estimated membership of over two million. Moreover, it is endorsed by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) as an accepted evidence-based behavioural therapy. It carries much weight among many practitioners and treatment centres and is often recommended by therapists to help alcoholics take the next step in their recovery following front-line treatment.AA is the pioneer of 12-step programs all over the world. From it stem over 30 other 12-step programs, in...