to SR BigWou.
Originally Posted by BigWou
AA has typically NOT worked for me very well. So I have lost faith in it;
No one single program is appropriate for everybody. I have come across more that a few people that, after working the program, have found out AA is not for them. Thankfully there other alternative recovery paths that are very effective in treating alcoholism.
I do agree that AA is not religious in the common notion of other organizations that are in deed religious. AA's spirituality is religious in nature. Practices of prayer to a supernatural force, then having faith that those prayers will be answered parallels common religious practices.
As for the alternatives to AA, below are some excellent organizations that help the most hopeless, beaten down, last resort alcoholics/addicts into a great life drug free.
SMART Tools and
SMART Articles Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Recovery Tools from cbtrecovery.com
DBT Life Skills For Emotional Health Great tools for maintaining sobriety.
(from dbtselfhelp.com/index.html)
Rational Recovery:
The New Cure for Substance Addiction. By Jack Trimpey.
(Google book preview including the Addiction Voice Recognition Technique or the AVRT)