Go figure that the Organization of AA that was created by a chauvinistic  womanizing adulterer named Bill W. fail women. Even today AA fails women in so many ways. They have no safety guidelines and do nothing to stop the sexual assaults of women and children by AA members. AA Members are being murdered as well and AA World Services has voted to do NOTHING.

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Female members of Alcoholics Anonymous more likely to relapse: Organization accused of not handling emotion-driven cravings 

• Men drink in social situations whereas women drink when feeling down
• AA doesn’t do enough to help women handle emotion-driven craving
• Around one third of AA members are women

By BIANCA LONDON

PUBLISHED: 23 July 2013 |

Recovering female alcoholics are more likely to relapse because Alcoholics Anonymous does little to understand the reasons behind their drinking, according to a new study.

John Kelly, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and his colleague Bettina Hoeppner found that male and female alcoholics drink for different reasons.

Men are more likely to relapse when they are in social-drinking situations, whereas women tend to drink when they are feeling down.

The study analysed data that was collected over the course of 15 months from 1,726 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members.

The study looked at their social networks, drinking habits and how confident they were in their ability to stay sober in a variety of situations.

AA largely helps men stay sober by encouraging them to spend their recovery time with friends that don’t drink and by helping them cope when they happen to find themselves with friends who are drinking.

The study found that female alcoholics are more likely to drink when feeling down, but AA doesn’t do much to help them handle these emotion-driven cravings.

Speaking about the results, Kelly said: ‘The findings really underscore gender-based differences in relapse risk.

‘If AA addressed these needs in its programs, it could become even more effective.‘

AA  was founded by Bill Wilson and Dr Bob Smith in June 1935 in Akron Ohio.

It has become a worldwide movement spread out with over 100,000 groups with  2 million members in 150 countries.

The WHO estimates that over 140 million people globally are affected by alcoholism with around one third of AA members being women.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2375196/Female-members-Alcoholics-Anonymous-likely-relapse-Organisation-accused-handling-emotion-driven-cravings.html#ixzz2a0vu6sb