As we know people are different so each of us can have a different result from the same treatment. We respond because of so many internal and external factors. After years of smoking I finally quit when using up 3 packs a day in a heartbeat one day and never wanted another one. It took me 2+ years going to AA and accepting the help of people I still love and care for before I was ready and sick and tired of being sick and tired. +30 years later I still go to 3-5 meetings a week mainly for a memory refresh because left to my own devices I have a healthy respect for the unopened bottle of booze and realize my built in forgetter is like too many others that relapse because of our forgetting what the pain was like. Also I've seen far too many people with years being sober stop going to meetings and after a period of time relapsing into alcoholic hell. No thanks. BE WELL