What programs to help alcohol addiction BESIDES AA?
I want to stop drinking again. I had stopped for 9 months and had a sip of my friends margarita at a restaurant. My sponsor told me I obviously wasn’t committed to quitting b/c of this. I felt like that whole nine months was a waste and the thought of starting over made me freak out. She told me I might as well get drunk since I had messed up. She also had tried to make me quit taking lexapro against my doctors advice. Those AA people are NOT doctors many of them don’t even have a college degree yet they act like they are the gods of alcohol. So I am asking where else I can go. Please don’t tell me this was just my group, I went all over the city of phoenix and they were all alike.
Jimmy lee B. posted: 08 Sep at 2:20 pm
Yes,AA member should not tell anyone to stop taking medication, some of the old times believed you wasn`t really sober if your took any meds, for depression or anything.. I was told by a old timer that the only secret to staying sober for a long long time, was don`t drink and don`t die. go see a good therapist. have you been ordered by a judge, or job reasons to go to AA? but sometimes we stop going to meetings because we just don`t want to listen to what we need to hear..
Andi posted: 08 Sep at 2:52 pm
Find a private therapist who specializes in alcohol addiction or call local rehabs and see if they have an outpatient group you could attend.
Dude posted: 08 Sep at 3:09 pm
YEs, there is an alternative called “smart recovery” . It is less spiritual and cultlike. I got burned by AA. The fact is, it just doesn’t work for everyone (on average, there is a 95% relapse rate within 6 months)