Perspective article highlights that 12-step groups suggest against medication treatments for opioid use disorder, implying a need for change.
Although there is nothing in the writings or traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) that discourages members' use of medication treatments, including agonists for opioid use disorder (OUD), authors of a newly published perspective article say many members of 12‐step recovery groups hear quite a different message within the fellowship.
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