On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 19:30:18 +0100, "catsruleok"
<catsruleok@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>I have read many posts that rubbish AA, some from people who found it didn't work for them and
>others from those with no history of involvement with AA. As someone who gave up drinking just over
>8 weeks ago and hopes never to drink again, because it's not in my best interests to do so, I do
>not find such posts at all helpful.
>
>If you want to persuade people like me that any group you belong to can offer me more hope of
>staying off drink for ever than AA can, please use your posts on alt.recovery.addiction.alcoholism
>to argue your case. I subscribe to this NG. It is not an AA group and I for one would welcome info
>on any method that has proved to be able to keep people like me who need to stay off drink, off
>drink.
>
>AA tells me that I must do whatever it takes to stay sober. I take this to mean that I don't have
>to use only AA to achieve my goal And I don't. So, if you can continually prove to me that your
>methods work, then should all that I'm doing to stay sober fail me, I'll know where to turn.
>
>Hoping for the best.

I have been fortunate and been dry now for 3 years. I was a hopeless
case and I only stopped when my body packed up. I do not think there
are any 'one size fits all' solutions and now I have stopped I realise
that there many types of alcoholic. (see Dr.Moody, first chapter at
http://www.smicker.co.uk) he explains it very concisely. I am 60 and I
could never have stopped if I wasn't stopped by my body packing up and
leaving me alive. I believe you have to decide why you are an
alcoholic before you can tackle it and then if you want to beat it
enough to do just about anything to do so. After 60 years I do not
know any answers but I hope you find yours. Good luck.
smicker