Have tried AA. Don't feel it is right for me. "They" say it is next to impossible to stop without program. I feel that becomes a self fullfilling prophecy? Anyone agree? Anyone learn to control on own?
2007-06-02 11:27:29 · 5 answers · asked by i know nothing 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Most people who quit drinking, do so on their own; about 80% according to "The Harvard Mental Health Letter", October 1995.
AA is much better at promoting itself than it is at helping people stop drinking; it has a 5% success rate. George Vaillant, Harvard professor, researcher, and member of AA's Board of Trustees attempted to prove that AA worked and ran a major study. Instead, he found, "Not only had we failed to alter the natural history of alcoholism, but our death rate of three percent a year was appalling."
I bounced in and out of AA for almost twenty years, never managing more than a few months of sobriety. In 2001, I took responsibility for my addiction and my recovery; I've been sober since. I have links to my recovery story on my 360 page:
http://360.yahoo.com/raysny
If you are looking for support, I co-own the Yahoo group "without_aa":
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/without_aa/
2007-06-02 18:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by raysny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True story. I went to AA for a year straight. Sometimes 2 or 3 meetings a day. I knew all of the literature. I knew many many people in the program. But for some reason I always felt like drinking after meetings because people talked about alcohol so much at the meetings. And I did drink every night when I was in the program. I drank less than I used to before, but I did drink. I quit the program 40 days ago and haven't drank since. The longest I have ever gone before that without a drink was about 6 days. 40 days and still counting. So far, so good.
2016-05-19 21:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you on that. Some people need to have the moral support, while others don't require that. I used to be a pretty heavy drinker due to the job that I had. Once I quit working in a bar, I stopped drinking every day. I very seldom drink at all now.
2007-06-02 11:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a therapy that teaches alcholics a certain way of drinking in moderations, it apparently has the same sucess rate. Not sure what its called
2007-06-02 11:35:56 · answer #4 · answered by bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sober for a year, f&#k those 12-stepping godboys.
2007-06-02 11:29:51 · answer #5 · answered by Dull Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋