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.
Good for you, man. It’s definitely a softer way of life, isn’t it?
A person close to me once said “First I lost my mother to alcoholism, then I lost her to AA”. In a way it is a substitution for an addiction. But if it works for some I accept that.
Alcohol abusers (”heavy drinkers” who still have the power of choice) can quit. Many do. I quit smoking the way you quit drinking.
wht you say is true. the persone truly inside has to want to quit, consciously. maybe their life hasn’t hit rock bottom or the ‘what the hell am i doing?!?’ moment yet.
“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 have known almost no one who beats an addiction permanently.
Kudos to you for doing it.
Regarding AA failing. My psych professor said that traditional psychiatry also has about a 90 percent failure rate. He said drugs were about the only thing that worked and even then it was about 50%.
That’s the key. You have to decide to change. I think AA at the very least can provide you with other success stories.
Lifestyle choices have consequences. Congratulations.
I agree. Court ordered rehab is a waste of time and money. You have to decide you want to quit and then it is possible. Until than it’s all for show.