Dr. Paul is uniquely positioned as both a psychologist and sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous to lend his perspective to the subject of the inherent psychological truths in the process of taking AA's 12 steps. In honor of the tradition of anonymity, the pseudonym Dr. Paul is being used to protect the AA society. While attending Graduate and Post Graduate studies in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Paul discovered that the AA process and society work together to combine many of the psychotherapeutic modalities used in treatment today. Following over a decade working with alcoholics and addicts in the field, Dr. Paul offers his opinions on how the efficacy of treatment in this population could be increased in the future.