Being sent through two re-habs by uncle sam (Bethesda and Jax dry dock) I spent another year out there before I stopped.
That was Nov 16th, 1977.
It was not the ‘treatment’ that got me sober, but the fellowship. People who shared with each other with out getting a paycheck for it.
For me, the 12 steps were a little too much for me to grasp. A friend of Clancy told me about the program before the steps;
Find God, Clean house, Help others.
Works for me
The medical establishment doesn’t like AA because they don’t encourage medication and they can’t make any money off of a purely voluntary organization. Even rehabs claim less than 20% success, and what is success? Recovery is a life-long spiritual struggle against a scourge that claims not only the victim but those around him.