To be fair, also here in Finland some people swear by the “Minnesota Model” (as it is called here) form of treatment – which I've come to understand is very similar to the AA program in the US – almost religiously so, or maybe indeed, so.

One way or the other, perhaps the saddest form is the most used – a very short clinic stay coupled with benzodiazepines to help safely stop a prolonged bender. Nothing wrong with that per se, but it's not really enough... but it's a free world.