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Originally Posted by prodigal All of you in recovery: You have to want sobriety bad enough, but I'm watching a guy who is extremely well educated and a meritoriously decorated Army officer many times over throw it out on a bottle of booze.
... I'd appreciate it if someone could explain the workings of an addict's mind to a non-addict, at least from the perspective that someone is willing to toss everything out for the bottle. |
Hi, Prod. My opinion (based on my own lived experience) is that NO program of recovery will work - AA or otherwise, until he is willing to WORK a program as if his life depends on it (which it does).
There is a good reason that we often get to AA from death's door - because we need to grasp onto it "as the drowning grasp a life preserver." Yes, a person can come into AA committed to change and change. But a program of recovery is HARD, not easy, so there must be some really big motivation.
His staying sober is between him and god, Prod. I wish there was a better answer, but there's just not.