Britain has an addiction crisis – is 12-step recovery the answer?
Despite being the world’s most lethal substance, alcohol has become the most accessible and normalised drug of choice. What many don’t realise is that help is equally as accessible; it simply isn’t always suggested or, like addiction itself, fully understood.
Since its founding in 1935, the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step model has been used as the basis of 30 other fellowships, including Gamblers Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. The realities of AA’s positive impact on the world are undeniable and immeasurable – but undiscussed. There isn’t a cure for alcoholism, but there is a solution that offers far more than abstinence. And it’s one the UK is in desperate need of.
Between them, the Priory Group’s Dr Niall Campbell and Dr Neil Brener have more than 53 years of psychiatric experience across the NHS and the private sector, with
