SMART Recovery (smartrecovery.org) is an AA alternative group with a science-based 4-Point Program.
“SMART Recovery is an abstinence-based, not-for-profit organization with a sensible self-help program for people having problems with drinking and using. It includes many ideas and techniques to help you change your life from one that is self-destructive and unhappy to one that is constructive and satisfying. SMART Recovery is not a spin-off of Alcoholics Anonymous. No one will label you an “alcoholic”, an “addict” or “diseased” nor “powerless”, and if you do not believe in a religion or spirituality, that’s fine, too. We teach common sense self-help procedures designed to empower you to abstain and to develop a more positive lifestyle. When you succeed at following our approach, you may graduate from the program, or you may stay around to help others.”
I wonder if she did this so she could avoid acknowledging a higher power.
Easily 3/4 of a bottle of JD a day for 4 years got me hooked. The realization that my life was starting to come crashing down made me want to quit. 3 weeks of nasty withdrawals convinced me to never go down that road again. Looking back, cold turkey was not the safe way to go, I should have gotten help. Not starting would have been much better.