We&#x27;ve had this discussion ad nauseam on other addiction threads here. The TL;DR of the literature is that in the short term, most methods have the same &quot;success rate&quot;, where success here is defined as successfully achieving abstinence from the problem substance.<p>Participation in AA or other support groups (eg. SMART&#x2F;Rational Recovery) is associated with substantially increased rates of continuous abstinence at the 1, 3 and 5 year marks after quitting, although there may be some self-selection bias going on there (participation rates being higher among the more motivated and so on).