Pretty obvious when you think about it properly . We just have to undo the damage the drug wars have done with all the false ideas about drugs out there

This is what I have been trying to tell the "professionals" that insist people only need food, water and shelter in order to to thrive. Obviously that is not true or people in mental facilities would recover. Maslow's Hierarchy of need makes it clear that we NEED a sense of safety and security which is what we get from connections to others. Social isolation is used as a form of punishment in families, churches, and even war so I am kind of surprised it has taken so long to figure it out. lack of social connection is what gangs and cults, narcissists and even pimps thrive on BECAUSE it is an unmet need they can use to form a bond with. Uggg my head is reeling that this is "news". Children without "happy environments" are preyed on all the time. Maybe the professionals should listen to the humans instead of experimenting on rats and they could have figured this out a long time ago like I did while inpatient. Go hug a mental patient and you will see a spark in their eyes that only an outsider can give them.

AA claims to have one of, if not the best success rates in breaking the addiction of alcoholism.
Being anonymous, it makes measuring their success accurately nearly impossible.

I see the AA program as having two major problems that hinder them.

1. "The Program" is heavily god based which can keep many people away.

2. AA claims alcoholism is a disease, that we're born with it like some sort of genetic defect passed along through our families as though it was heart disease. You're basically doomed for the rest of your life if you don't attend meetings regularly.

These are my observations--YMMV.

Profound