Good post recycle. I agree we all got on the path for different reasons. Mine was a "drinking is fun and cool" thing to do, which snowballed into I live for the buzz.
The second question for me is a little easier because by deprogramming the brain to realize that drinking isn't the path to happiness, instead of feeling "I can't ever drink again" the feeling has changed to "I don't want to drink". By making it my choice instead of some type of behavior that I really want but can't have has changed my thought process towards it. So now the thought of drinking doesn't get the feel good response from the brain chemicals.
I think some programs work because they stumbled on behavior modification which could be considered a form of deprogramming/brain washing to eventually change the way an alcoholic's brain reacts to the thoughts of alcohol.
Thank you for your input.
Last edited by Dee74; 02-17-2011 at 01:02 PM.
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