Statistics!!!! Now there is a resentment!!!!
Okay here are the results of an internal AA survey taken in 2004 of 7,500 AA's in the US & Canada (I was still drunk at the time!)
Length of Sobriety
Sober more then 10 years 36%
Sober between 5-10 years 14%
Sober between 1-5 years 24%
Sober less than 1 year 26%
Average sobriety of members is more then eight years.
Now as with any survey this needs to be taken with a grain of salt:
What was the requirement to participate in the survey?
Where was it taken?
In my area I would agree with the survey if you throw out all of the court ordered folks and people who show up for less then 10 meetings.
The vast majority of court ordered folks I have seen come into the rooms fit into one of 2 catagories, either they were not alcoholics or they were not ready to quit drinking.
All programs work if the people who work them follow all the suggestions of the program they choose.