Of course, you wouldn't want to send a person to someplace where they might gain reasons to not drink. No, instead, we'll just suck them dry financially, physically, and spiritually by sending them to jail and then to a treatment program that teaches them that life has no meaning beyond this moment and that the only thing in life that matters is staying sober. 

AA and other spiritually-based 12 Step programs are effective. That's why they're court-ordered. Medical and psychological "treatment" programs have huge failure rates -- almost double that of 12 Step programs. Having experience with the treatment programs through working in mental health, I believe its because they don't give the addict anything to replace the drugs with except will-power and cognitive exercises. It promotes hopelessness. 

That said, not every program works for every addict. Diversity of choices is a good thing.