![]() But he is an addict, whose best-selling book, "A Million Little Pieces," contends that programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous are not for everybody and merely provide one of several options en route to recovery. ![]() Lying, to themselves and others, they contend, helps fuel addiction.Īuthor James Frey is not a member of a 12-step program. AA and its spiritual cousins don't just work - they thrive - because of truth and anonymity.Ībsent such integrity - absent Sue or Bob or Jim standing in front of peers and talking truthfully about addiction - how could such programs be expected to work, those in recovery ask. And why do they work?Īs any "12-stepper" will tell you, it's honesty. ![]() Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step spinoffs have proved to be highly effective treatment programs, to which more than 70 years of success would attest. ![]() Recovering from drug or alcohol addiction is no easy matter. ![]()
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