The biggest issue I have with a court mandating AA is that it is not licensed treatment. It's a support group.
Treatment options are rarely cheap. Or free. If the court orders formal treatment, who pays? The drug addict who has blown through their entire savings? Who may not have health insurance? (Even if you do, most insurance caps out at 30 days for inpatient rehabilitation which is rarely enough time to recover--and doesn't consider that relapse is possible and likely given that many folks have to go at this multiple times.)
Until healthcare makes other treatment options more affordable and accessible then addicts are essentially left with non-treatment options like AA.
I would personally love to hear about a free (or extremely low cost) treatment that has availability options similar to AA. Many people would.
Treatment options are rarely cheap. Or free. If the court orders formal treatment, who pays? The drug addict who has blown through their entire savings? Who may not have health insurance? (Even if you do, most insurance caps out at 30 days for inpatient rehabilitation which is rarely enough time to recover--and doesn't consider that relapse is possible and likely given that many folks have to go at this multiple times.)
Until healthcare makes other treatment options more affordable and accessible then addicts are essentially left with non-treatment options like AA.
I would personally love to hear about a free (or extremely low cost) treatment that has availability options similar to AA. Many people would.