What are the "Terrorists" of Alcoholic's Anonymous?

Question

There are three concepts that AA feels Terrorized from. They are:

1) Logic

2) Reason

3) Common Sense

Are there any more?

Empower your self!

Avoid the AA cult!!

Answer 1

The poster above, like many people believes that those are the only two options. That is what the program teaches, but the fact and figures don't bear that out.

The Harvard Mental Health Letter, October 1995, reports that at least 50% of alcoholics quit even though only 10% are ever treated and that 80% of all alcoholics who quit for a year or more do it on their own.

AA has a 5% success rate, the same as quitting on your own, but those that go the AA route are five times as likely to end up binge drinking as those who attempt quitting on their own (Brandsma study).

What's worse is that people in their first year of AA have a MORTALITY rate 5-6 times higher than those who try quitting without the program. George Vaillant, Harvard professor, researcher, and member of the AA Board of Trustees set out to prove that AA works; his figures led him to remark, "Not only had we failed to alter the natural history of alcoholism, but our death rate of three percent a year was appalling."

Answer 2

I'm sorry but I think death from cirrhosis is much worse