Some people swear by Alcoholics Anonymous and others despise it
Anecdotal, but from my own experiences with recovering (and not recovering) addicts in my family, the AA&#x2F;NA approach seems to only redirect addiction away from the drugs or alcohol outlet, instead of &quot;curing the disease&quot; of addiction itself.<p>All the recovering addicts I know are still addicted to something in one way or another. The new addiction may or may not be a healthy one. For instance, running 100+ miles a week, every week - while objectively better than drinking yourself out of a job and home - isn&#x27;t exactly &quot;healthy&quot;.<p>I also notice a higher level of selfish behavior among the recovering addicts I know. It takes an insane amount of pathological selfishness to neglect your responsibilities, especially children, for the bottle. AA doesn&#x27;t seem to address the selfishness as much as just to get folks to stop drinking.<p>All of this is preferable to having a raging drug or alcohol addict in the family, but it&#x27;s far from a perfect solution IMHO.