Originally Posted by
caboblanco 
Sometimes like hypochondriac said..I get frustrated with all these things they want you to do in recovery.
Who are the "they" who are wanting you to do these things?
I got into recovery myself, for myself, so I don't really have that pressure. I want to get sober, and live sober, so I look for tools that can help and try them out, if they help, I keep them around. If they don't, I lay them down and move on.
I have a friend who is an alcoholic. When he was in the Navy they put him on antabuse and kept him from going into bars. He got sober and is still sober 20 yrs later. I would say that was science and it worked for him.
Drinking and drugging were symptoms of underlying issues for me. I was not physically dependent, so a purely physical "cure" didn't work for me. I was psychologically dependent, so I have to approach it from that direction as well.