If that’s true then it’s been “not working” for me for almost 18 years.
It’s also a program of want, not need. It is not a panacea.
It doesn’t work for everyone.
All it did for me was provide me with a new bunch of drinking buddies. What eventually worked for me was making a conscious decision to quit and toughing it out. Its been 12 or 13 years since I quit.
I am truly bothered when mental health officials are critical of AA. Treating addiction is amazingly difficult. God bless AA and any other program that can heal the addict.
Welcome to the 10%..........
As a recovered, it depends on the individual and their willingness to accept and change on their own honor.
It works...but it is only successful for those who actually try. If the alcoholic puts in the minimum, then they will fail and end up using again. It’s a lifelong activity/commitment, you’re never cured, only in remission.
they don’t say it doesn’t work for everyone. but i am sure you know of people in aa that have fallen off the wagon one or more times. ithink admitting the fact that it’s a program that doesn’t work for everyone is true, just like not every medicine works for everyone.
I have had 2 close relatives who were helped by AA.
And me for almost 4 years.
Thank you for your testimony.
My question is, why change AA at all? Leave it alone for those it works for, let the rest find whatever works for them. Why risk creating another Obamacare like fiasco because “some” folks think they’ve somehow been “harmed” by it?