Do faith-based alcohol treatment programs work?
Faith-based programs work for some people. However, the Jude Thaddeus program appears to be the most effective approach to alcohol dependence and alcoholism. It is not a faith-based program. It is a research project operated by the Baldwin Research Institute, a New York State not-for-profit organization owned by taxpayers. Independently-conducted research has established an overall success rate of 63.5% for the Jude Thaddeus Program. This compares to a success rate in the range of 0-20% for conventional programs. Alcoholics Anonymous(AA) reports a success rate lower than 5%. Research also indicates that no treatment at all has a success rate of about 30%. This suggests that traditional programs are less effective than doing nothing. The Jude Thaddeus program, which is also useful for bulemia, obesity, sexual addiction and other “addictions” or problems, is available in both residential and distance-learning forms.
