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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)did not keep any kind of statistics to enable anyone to know what kind of a success rate they had. And those who did try to figure it out, came up with vastly lower numbers than you've posted. Although, yeah, obviously, the longer someone stays in a program the more successful it is likely to be.
And count me as one of those who simply finds the whole god aspect of AA to be offensive. I'm sorry, but I'm an intelligent human being who is the one in control of my life, not some invisible sky creature.
Keep in mind, that if you hand over everything to someone else, you're going to fall for cults and dictators. Which is why evangelicals, a religious subset that says some outer invisible being is in charge of everything, are so strongly supportive of Trump. At least he's not invisible and it saves them from thinking for themselves, or actually analyzing anything at all. Just believe and do what they're told. See how easy that makes everything?