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 Hi there 69.158.106.114.  If you want a ""reliable source"" (wiki definition) which may provide some balance to the Valliant contribution, look at http://www.peele.net/lib/vaillant.html which is a review by Dr Stanton Peele of the book.  Dr Peele is a well known critic of AA and one of the foremost experts on addiction treatment in the world.   "