Which is why GLP-1 are of such interest to some. Anecdotal reports aren't hey, I stopped binge eating but now I'm addicted to gambling, which happens in the world of addiction and addiction treatment. Instead some of the anecdotes are hey I'm not eating as much and I also quit smoking and didn't pick up gambling. Naturally, anecdotes don't prove anything, but there are enough, on this post, even, to warrant further study.

AA is many things. At its heart is a mutually supportive community. For some it works well; it works if you work it. For others, it doesn't. It isn't deep psychotherapy work with a licensed clinician, but the steps do resemble certain pieces of that and lead many to success. The problem is with the numbers, and how success is measured. Someone who's forced into the program, by court order, or by family, and just goes through the motions, counts in the statistics the same as someone that's going of their own volition and is truly committed to their own change.

One of those two people is more likely to succeed in getting dry/clean. The other, less so. It's a shame that both of those people get counted in statistics on AA's efficacy equally.