Originally Posted by
Mark75 You can get sober without AA. But if you are truly alcoholic, you can't get sober without getting outside your comfort zone, and you have to change nearly everything (for the better)... why do it alone, if you don't have to?
It's important to note that recovering without AA does not mean recovering alone! I belong to the SMART Recovery community, which I have found vibrant and very welcoming--much like SR.