When combined, AA and 12-step clinical programs are more effective at maintaining sobriety than other approaches, a new study finds. These small sobriety tokens are given to members of 12-step ...

AA can help young adults, but mechanisms unclear, study says By Reuters Published August 22, 2014 8:07am EDT | Updated October 24, 2015 5:59pm EDT ...

AA and 12-step treatment are “the most well-known and most recommended option, so that’s kind of where you tend to go.” Zemore’s study begins to peel away at this problem.

Alcoholics Anonymous, a worldwide support fellowship with a goal to achieve sobriety, may be the most effective path to abstinence for people struggling with alcohol use disorder, a new study says.

It is a step-by-step program that Alcoholics Anonymous first developed. Learn more. ... An older 2010 study notes that the first 12-step program, AA, began in 1935.

Alcoholics Anonymous Effectiveness: Faith Meets Science. Lee Ann Kaskutas in Journal of Addictive Diseases , Vol. 28, No.2, pages 147–157; 2009. Scott O. Lilienfeld is a psychology professor at ...

Alcoholics Anonymous, a worldwide support fellowship with a goal to achieve sobriety, may be the most effective path to abstinence for people struggling with alcohol use disorder, according to a ...