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Re: [AAHistoryLovers] 95% First Year Dropout Myth


Ernie,

The article you refer to was written by Don McIntyre and appeared in
Volume 18, Number 4, 2000, issue of Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, pp. 1-18..
The title was "How well does A.A. work? An Analysis of published A.A. surveys
(1968-1996) and related analyses/comments.

Bill White



In a message dated 4/23/2006 3:57:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kurtzern@... writes:

There was also an article in the *Alcoholism Treatment
Quarterly* a few years ago that dissected this too
widespread fallacy. Perhaps someone can give the
exact citation, which I do not have at hand right
now?

ernie kurtz






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One hand-drawn graph in a paper summarizing the 1977 through 1989 Trennial Surveys has been misread by many people. The myth of a 95% drop-out in the first...
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Apr 22, 2006
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There was also an article in the *Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly* a few years ago that dissected this too widespread fallacy. Perhaps someone can give the ...
Ernest Kurtz
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Apr 23, 2006
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Ernie, The article you refer to was written by Don McIntyre and appeared in Volume 18, Number 4, 2000, issue of Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, pp. 1-18.. ...
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I wish I could see the article Bill White refers to. Is it possible that it might be on the Internet for easy downloading? I've often wondered about these...
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Apr 26, 2006
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The 95% dropout rate is inaccurate and based on flawed statistics. Rather than 5% of A.A. members remaining at the end of one year a more accurate estimate is...
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