Originally Posted by LexieCat

The other piece of it (why they won't go to a program like AA) is that asking for help feels like weakness. We all feel like we SHOULDN'T have to ask for help. It's ego, that's all. It hurts, initially, to consider the fact that we can't simply control our drinking or quit without help and support. So it's something most of us resist until we conclude there's no other way and we want to be sober badly enough to do what is necessary to get there.