There have been very few articles posted by a major media outlet parroting false figures for AA efficacy since 2015, with Gabrielle Glaser’s highly biased and inaccurate article The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous. That article, which has been refuted in the mainstream press (see “Why Alcoholics Anonymous Works” by Jesse Signal), is the last significant article criticizing AA’s efficacy. The only other articles more recent than that parroting the same inaccurate numbers are a 2018 Wired UK article by Stephen Armstrong (“The most popular treatment for alcoholism might be ineffective”) and a late 2018 article by a grade-B free newspaper called “The Stranger” entitled “This Drug Could Change Alcohol Addiction Treatment Forever” (there was also an opinion piece, not article, published in USA Today entitled “It took a village to kill my brother: How families, hospitals and government fail alcoholics” critical of AA’s success).
On the other hand, there have been a number of articles praising AA’s efficacy: Here’s a 2014 article; there is also a 2016 Forbes Article, a 2019 article published in a magazine for medical students praising AA’s success, and a 2018 Vox piece with a balanced view of AA’s real success.
The point being, mainstream media is more positive than negative towards AA as the 2010s end.
