title: Are societies paying unnecessarily for an otherwise free lunch? Final musings on the research on Alcoholics Anonymous and its mechanisms of behavior change.
authors.affiliation: MGH Department of Psychiatry, MGH-Harvard Medical School Recovery Research Institute, 60 Staniford Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
authors.forename: John F
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6915-0750
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012657:Self-Help Groups
keywords: Addiction; Alcoholics Anonymous; alcohol; cost effectiveness; health care costs; mutual help; peer support; recovery; substance abuse treatment; substance use disorders; treatment