{"product_id":"the-sober-truth-debunking-the-bad-science-behind-12-step-programs-and-the-rehab-industry-9780807035870","title":"The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lance Dodes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mental Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful exposé of 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous--and how this failed addiction treatment model came to dominate America. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A humane, science-based, global view of addiction . . . an essential, bracing critique of the rehab industry.\" \u003cb\u003e--Gabor Maté M.D., author of \u003ci\u003eIn The Realm of Hungry Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlcoholics Anonymous has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery. Yet the evidence shows that AA has only a 5-10 percent success rate--hardly better than no treatment at all. Despite this, doctors, employers, and judges regularly refer addicted people to treatment programs and rehab facilities based on the 12-step model. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Sober Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed addiction specialist Dr. Lance Dodes exposes the deeply flawed science that the 12-step industry has used to support its programs. Dr. Dodes analyzes dozens of studies to reveal a startling pattern of errors, misjudgments, and biases. He also pores over the research to highlight the best peer-reviewed studies available and discovers that they reach a grim consensus on the program's overall success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut\u003ci\u003e The Sober Truth\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a book about addiction. It is also a book about science and how and why AA and rehab became so popular, despite the discouraging data. Drawing from thirty-five years of clinical practice and firsthand accounts submitted by addicts, Dr. Dodes explores the entire story of AA's rise--from its origins in early fundamentalist religious and mystical beliefs to its present-day place of privilege in politics and media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful response to the monopoly of the 12-step program and the myth that they are a universal solution to addiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Sober Truth\u003c\/i\u003e offers new and actionable information for addicts, their families, and medical providers, and lays out better ways to understand addiction for those seeking a more effective and compassionate approach to this treatable problem.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45045409022103,"sku":"9780807035870","price":1474.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807035870.webp?v=1769216570","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-sober-truth-debunking-the-bad-science-behind-12-step-programs-and-the-rehab-industry-9780807035870","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}