Agreed.
But can we conclude that we're a long way off the success rates of early AA? (The AA text says 50-75%, and I believe there are letters and other documents that indicate certain Akron groups had 90% success rates).
Or are there enough statistical unknowns to make any sort of conclusion unstable?
Would anyone argue that that recovery rates in 2010 for AA are roughly the same as 1950?
Before we can address an issue, we have to agree there is an issue. And I feel that many people believe the "precipitous" decline of AA success rates is grossly exaggerated. Are they right?