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Aa will even have a meeting on your cruise ship floating in the middle of the caribbean. all of this was built not by government, or by business, but rather in an incredibly social way. two people started talking to each other and supporting each other on how to stop drinking. aa meetings grew out of that concept. millions of people say it changed and saved their lives, including many in our legal system. with courts often mandating aa for people with alcohol or drug problems. one of that is also just a completely central part of our culture. when someone talks about someone going into recover...

Thing that has happened to them. it's stipulated literally millions of people credit this program with turning their life around, okay? i want to stipulate that right? the second thing i think people get worried about questioning it. because they feel like it will essentially give excuses to people to do things they shouldn't do that would be self-destructive. the third thing i want to say is, as a policy matter we have a question about, is this the best thing for people to do particularly as you note now that medicaid will be paying for recovery, right? and there's a real question i think, ab...

In the single digits, under 10%. >> my understanding is that also the best guess for other alternatives is also rather low. the baseline that we're dealing with when we're talking about people in the groups of addiction, whether that's alcohol specifically or narcotics and other drugs, is we're dealing with relatively low success rates. the question is, how do you define success. >> exactly. aa defines success with abstinence. that's the metric, that's the yardstick. a lot of people have a really hard time to keep to that. >> what's your feeling about this? >> i think it is a very dangerous to...

And yes, it is concerning if the sponsor would advise that. i've not heard that. >> let me stipulate a few things here. i'm sure there are people watching this tearing their hair out. there are people in recovery and feel it's the most incredible thing that has happened to them. it's stipulated literally millions of people credit this program with turning their life around, okay? i want to stipulate that, right? the second thing i think people get worried about questioning it. because they feel like it will essentially give excuses to people to do things they shouldn't do that would be self-de...