7 TOOLS TO BEAT ADDICTION, Dr. Stanton Peele, a foremost addiction expert, gives us good reason to ponder the likely outcomes of most substance abuse treatment. Only 10 percent of Americans who enter traditional 12-step programs successfully enjoy long-term recovery. 7 TOOLS TO BEAT ADDICTION demonstrates how conventional treatment programs in the United States are failing the addiction community by ignoring the latest research, which conclusively demonstrates that people who entered 12- step programs were more likely to revisit their addictions than those who did not seek treatment.