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**Dee74** · 08-24-2009, 05:45 PM

I have no advice on the AA thing Paul - other than what CalPop suggests - just because AA's not working, it doesn't mean there's not alternative face to face recovery support groups around.

I'm thinking the crux here is point#2 - you want to drink again.

I don't care about AA dogma or disease theory or what the latest trends in counselling are - I put myself and other people through hell with my drinking, I wasted 15 years of my life, I nearly died...

Compare that to the last two years of my life....even with all the hassles life still brings, they've been *immeasurably* better....

You may be right. Maybe AA is wrong and alcoholism is not a permanent condition - but I don't need to test that - I don't need to drink anymore regardless - it makes no sense to me....

I just can't see any good reason to even dabble with drinking again.

If you can't say the same thing - that life is better sober - maybe you better ask yourself why mate?

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08-24-2009, 05:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 42,452	I have no advice on the AA thing Paul - other than what CalPop suggests - just because AA's not working, it doesn't mean there's not alternative face to face recovery support groups around. I'm thinking the crux here is point#2 - you want to drink again. I don't care about AA dogma or disease theory or what the latest trends in counselling are - I put myself and other people through hell with my drinking, I wasted 15 years of my life, I nearly died... Compare that to the last two years of my life....even with all the hassles life still brings, they've been immeasurably better.... You may be right. Maybe AA is wrong and alcoholism is not a permanent condition - but I don't need to test that - I don't need to drink anymore regardless - it makes no sense to me.... I just can't see any good reason to even dabble with drinking again. If you can't say the same thing - that life is better sober - maybe you better ask yourself why mate? D __________________ “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”Lao Tzu Last edited by Dee74; 08-24-2009 at 06:00 PM.