12-step-program Quote by Lance Dodes

“AA has managed to survive, in part, because members who become and remain sober speak and write about it regularly. This is no accident:…

— Lance Dodes

“In 2006, one of the most prestigious scientific research organizations in the world, the Cochrane Collaboration, conducted a review of the many studies conducted…

— Lance Dodes

Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the…

— Chris Prentiss

“Alcoholics Anonymous was proclaimed the correct treatment for alcoholism over seventy-five years ago despite the absence of any scientific evidence of the approach’s efficacy,…

— Lance Dodes

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know…

— Billy Joel

“The reason the program is so successful is because alcoholics help other alcoholics. I've never met a Normie (our lingo for a person who…

— Anthony Kiedis

Be as enthusiastic about AA as you were about your drinking.

— Anonymous

“AA makes inflated claims about itself. Its foundational document, Alcoholics Anonymous (commonly referred to as the “Big Book” and a perennial best seller), spells…

— Lance Dodes

Have you ever been to an AA meeting? No wonder these people are alcoholics - I've never needed a drink more badly in my…

— Chelsea Handler

“Nearly 40% of iGen high school seniors in 2016 had never tried alcohol at all, and the number of 8th graders who have tried…

— Jean M. Twenge

“AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, "The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to…

— Chris Prentiss

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to…

— Jack Dee