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AA SEEKS TO REACH BLACKS WHO FEEL THEY DON'T BELONG MANY INSTEAD PREFER NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20011222
Author:Tara H. Arden-Smith, Globe Correspondent

Dimock Detox, an addiction recovery center in the heart of predominantly black Roxbury, serves thousands of people each year. Almost everyone leaves with some version of the same plan: 12-step, or back to detox again.

There are two basic options: Alcoholics Anonymous, the grandfather of all self-help programs, which has 2,100 regular meetings in the Boston area alone, or Narcotics Anonymous, the upstart adaptation, which is smaller, more accepting of different types of addictions, and far less white.

"People go where they feel most comfortable," said Susan Adams, the director of Dimock Detox. ...

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