{"id":1360,"date":"2015-03-17T21:50:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T21:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2015-04-08T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T18:39:14","slug":"atlantic-nymag-12-step-efficacy-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/atlantic-nymag-12-step-efficacy-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atlantic and New York Magazine Debate 12-Step Efficacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proponents of Alcoholics Anonymous and related programs that use its Twelve Steps are passionate in their belief that &#8220;it works if you work it.&#8221; But others feel that the program may be outdated, or that science does not support its efficacy. Two articles have just been published that summarize the current landscape:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Author Gabrielle Glaser (<em>Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink\u2014And How They Can Regain Control<\/em><em>)<\/em> critiques 12-step programs and offers an overview of the current state of evidence-based treatment in this comprehensive article from The Atlantic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/features\/archive\/2015\/03\/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous\/386255\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-trigger=\"click\" data-ga-category=\"Text Link\" data-ga-action=\"The Atlantic and New York Magazine Debate 12-Step Efficacy\" data-ga-label=\"&#8220;The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous.&#8221;\">&#8220;The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New York Magazine&#8217;s Jesse Singal defends 12-step programs with a counter-argument, <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2015\/03\/why-alcoholics-anonymous-works.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-trigger=\"click\" data-ga-category=\"Text Link\" data-ga-action=\"The Atlantic and New York Magazine Debate 12-Step Efficacy\" data-ga-label=\"&#8220;Why Alcoholics Anonymous Works&#8221;\">&#8220;Why Alcoholics Anonymous Works&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2015\/03\/26\/395310213\/critic-faults-alcoholics-anonymous-for-lack-of-evidence\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-trigger=\"click\" data-ga-category=\"Text Link\" data-ga-action=\"The Atlantic and New York Magazine Debate 12-Step Efficacy\" data-ga-label=\"Gabrielle Glaser appears on NPR&#8217;s <em>All Things Considered<\/em> March 26, 2015\">Gabrielle Glaser appears on NPR&#8217;s <em>All Things Considered<\/em> March 26, 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proponents of Alcoholics Anonymous and related programs that use its Twelve Steps are passionate in their belief that &#8220;it works if you work it.&#8221; But others feel that the program may be outdated, or that science does not support its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/atlantic-nymag-12-step-efficacy-debate\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pgdf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}