An expose of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry and how a failed addiction-treatment model came to dominate America.

AA 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.
In The Sober Truth, acclaimed addiction specialist Dr. Lance...