What is the Success Rate of Recovery in AA? What is the success rate of recovery in AA? That depends entirely on who you ask, and on exactly what you are measuring. For example, there is documentation that proves “early AA” had a success rate of about 75 percent . On the other hand, there are some people who claim that AA actually has a negative rate of recovery , and that people actually relapse in AA who might have recovered “spontaneously” through spontaneous remission of the disease.
Finally, there are a large number of estimates out there that put the success rate of recovery at around 3 to 5 percent . But it is indeed a tricky thing to measure. The other half of the problem is that it is very difficult to obtain truly accurate results across a large sample. What does AA themselves have to say? “After just one month in the Fellowship, 81% of the new members have already dropped out.
On both sides of this issue, people are very passionate I believe the reason is that AA is effective for some, but it is clearly not for everyone. Article: Seeking freedom from gangs - Prison Talk. Pictures here : Seeking freedom from gangs' grip By Christina Jewett -- Bee Staff Writer Richard Mejico was a name young gang members scrawled on California Youth Authority walls. He was revered and ruthless. Knowing his glory was destructive, he tore off his shirt, revealed his tattoos and shouted, "I am Richard!
" He told them to get out of gangs and leave prison behind. He spreads the same message now with less fury. Officials at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, where Mejico is serving a life sentence for murder, say the program fosters peace and cuts lockdown costs. It could cut crime outside the prison, said Roseanne Campbell, acting warden of the prison. "(CGA) has made an impact," she said. Hoping to see the program spread, officials hosted 65 corrections and political leaders in a forum dedicated to CGA on Sept. 21. "I'm tired of gang members being thought of as macho," Mejico said. First, Mejico took lives. "Hi, my name is Willie. " 12Step.org for Sobriety, Strength and Serenity.
Alcoholics Anonymous : Miscellaneous. Gangs:Questions & Answers from Prison:Gang Life. What’s it like being in a gang and what is life during those days? Sandra Dear Sandra, Life in gangs has appeal for many people. A sense of belonging to something, ideas that you have the protection of may others, and with many, the easy solution as far as some money by either selling drugs, doing other crimes, or being taken care of with what you need by the other members of the gang.
These are big attractions that seem great. No one thinks about doing things for other people and being used to carry out their personal ideas, going to prison, getting hurt or killed, or getting your family hurt or killed. These things happen almost all of the time to people who get in gangs. Girls and women involve with guys in gangs are no better off. Remember that when you get involved with a guy in a gang, you sign on for a relationship with the gang and everything that the guy has coming to him, even when you do not know what it is. Al R. How has life in a gang affected your life in whole? Otto S. Lilia. Into the Abyss: Feelings of Powerlessness. Young women join gangs for the sense of "belonging to a family" and power, protection and respect -- based on fear the gang inspires in others ... "They're afraid of our gang ..., and because I'm in the gang, people show me respect and won't mess with me.
I like that feeling of power," a 16-year-old [said]. (Molidor, 1996) One of the questions I asked each gang member I interviewed was "What do you think you'll be doing ten years from now? " The common reply was "I won't even be alive by then, so who gives a shit! " The graffiti at the top of this page speaks to that sentiment. Yablonsky addressed the same issue when he wrote Gangsters have created their (macho) stance in part as a reaction to their deeper feelings of alienation and hopelessness about achieving any degree of success in the larger society. I didn't know what to expect when I started my field observations.
At first, it seems, a gang holds out the prospect of being accepted, loved, cared for, and protected. Gang Members Speak Out About Violence. He is a hardened gang member, doing his share of what they call "dirt," or crimes ordered by gang leaders. He's been shot at, stabbed, and he has the scars to prove it. But this gangster, who asked to remain anonymous, is only 16 years old. "I guarantee you. I've lived through more stuff in 16 years than a 35-year-old man has lived through," the teen said.
"Crazy things. And half these people think it's a joke. In the world of gangs, this high school junior said the color you wear and the signs you flash could get you killed. He's a West Side Blood Piru, but what started for him as a place to belong when he was only 12 years old, has turned into a trap. "Death is always there," he said. After four years of crime, violence, drug-dealing and death, he is ready to get out. But as former gang members will attest, its not that simple. "If you really want to get out, you have to fade out," said Cisco Gallardo with Gang Rescue and Support Project, or GRASP. Previous Story: Homicide perspectives: Kenny Mitchell, founder, Gangsters Anonymous | The Homicide Report | Los Angeles Times.
"Through gang life, we tried to avoid reality, pain and misery.... We sought relief through retaliation, extortion, and robbery more and more often.... "We reached a point in our lives where we felt like a lost cause.... We were sick and tired of pain and trouble; we were frightened and hid our fear.... When nothing relieved our paranoia and fear, we hit bottom and became ready to ask for help. " --from the unreleased "Gangsters Anonymous: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions" Kenny Mitchell, 44, is a longshoreman and the founder of Gangster's Anonymous.
HR: What is Gangsters Anonymous? Mitchell: It's a 12-step program, based on Alcoholics Anonymous. HR: How did Gangsters Anonymous get started? Mitchell: I grew up in Los Angeles. 54th and Main, then Carson, then Inglewood. HR: That doesn't sound like a gang banger. Mitchell: I'm a gangster, not an idiot! Anyway, I went to Grambling State. I got sober, but my disease, my gangster mentality, began to get worse. Before, I couldn't stand that! Criminals & Gangmembers Anonymous - Blog Site.
CGA - Criminals & Gang Members Anonymous. List of twelve-step groups. This is a list of Wikipedia articles on twelve-step groups that are based on the set of guiding principles, originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous, for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems.[1] The twelve-step method has been adapted widely by fellowships of people recovering from various addictions, compulsive behaviors, and mental health problems.
Additionally, some programs have adapted the twelve-step approach in part. Programs patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous[edit] Fellowships in this section follow reasonably close variations of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Programs partially patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous[edit] Fellowships in this section use material from Alcoholics Anonymous, and credit its influence but do not necessary follow both the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of AA. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]