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Topic: Alcoholics Anonymous

Rehabilitation centre room prepared for a group therapy session. (Getty Images/SolStock)

Recovery doesn't have to look like A.A.

Peter Grinspoon
Detroit, Michigan - March 28, 2017: Mark, an anonymous voice for "Recovered," a podcast discussing the process of healing from addiction to alcohol, records the podcast alongside his colleagues at his home on March 28, 2017 in the suburbs outside of Detroit, Michigan. The podcast, which began in 2007, is now reaching over 80,000 audience members. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)

Emanuel Cavallaro - Narratively
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Pseudo-science & Bible-beating

Wesley Yiin
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Addiction is not a disease

Marc Lewis
Sarah Hepola

The drunkard's loop

Laura Miller
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AA is not a fraud

Ernest Kurtz
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Debunking Alcoholics Anonymous

Dr. Lance Dodes, Zachary Dodes
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The pseudo-science of AA

Dr. Lance Dodes, Zachary Dodes
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

Is my friend suicidal?

Cary Tennis

John Gordon - The Fix

The trouble with rehab

Laura Miller

Chris Wright - The Fix
(Laura Bittner, Flickr Creative Commons)

Lily Weinstein - The Fix
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

I didn't even want these kids!

Cary Tennis