1. Where are you finding the 15% success rate number?

2. Statements like "people are offered the gift of sobriety but refuse it" is another way of blaming the alcohol abuser, and not the program, for it's deficiencies.

Something AA is famous for.

AA does work--about 8-12% of the time.

That's a low number by any metric, and underscores the need for multiple paths to sobriety.