Last month, I was asked to argue for the affirmative in a debate titled “12 Step Programs are Obsolete” that was hosted by the Dionysium in Austin, Texas. Although some of you may already be familiar with the research showing why 12-step programs are not very effective, the type of “arguments” used to support the use of 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous in this debate are very much the norm when debating true believers.
