If You Work it, it Works

In this book, Joe Nowinski once again proves his ability to integrate the science and experience of Alcoholics Anonymous and to explain both in clear, unpretentious language. –Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University Nowinski has done a great service by summarizing, synthesizing, and skillfully interpreting many of the landmark studies that demonstrate not only that AA and Twelve Step treatments are still relevant in twenty-first-century addiction health care, they are among the most effective interventions currently available. –John F. Kelly, PhD, Elizabeth R. Spallin Associate Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School Joe makes the design and findings from complex research studies understandable to the lay reader, without dumbing it down, and with just the right amount of detail. The book thus represents a valuable new resource for anyone interested in a comprehensive summary of what we know about AA in terms of its effectiveness. –Lee Kaskutas, Senior Scientist, Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute “This is straight talk about how and why the Twelve Steps help addicts stay sober in an increasingly substance-abusing world.”–Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight““In this book, Joe Nowinski once again proves his ability to integrate the science and experience of Alcoholics Anonymous and to explain both in clear, unpretentious language.”–Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University “Nowinski has done a great service by summarizing, synthesizing, and skillfully interpreting many of the landmark studies that demonstrate not only that AA and Twelve Step treatments are still relevant in twenty-first-century addiction health care, they are among the “most” effective interventions currently available.”–John F. Kelly, PhD, Elizabeth R. Spallin Associate Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School “Joe makes the design and findings from complex research studies understandable to the lay reader, without dumbing it down, and with just the right amount of detail. The book thus represents a valuable new resource for anyone interested in a comprehensive summary of what we know about AA in terms of its effectiveness.”–Lee Kaskutas, Senior Scientist, Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute “This is straight talk about how and why the Twelve Steps help addicts stay sober in an increasingly substance-abusing world.”–Anna Jedrziewski, “Retailing Insight”

Joseph Nowinski, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has taught at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Connecticut, as well as serving as Supervising Psychologist, University of Connecticut Health Center. He is the author of Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy (TSF), listed in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices and Almost Alcoholic: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Drinking a Problem? with co-author Robert Doyle, and blogs regularly for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today. Nowinski lives in Hartford, Connecticut.