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Old 10-29-2015, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Gottalife View Post

My ACA friends tell me ACA is completely different to AA in its approach. Not all its members are alcoholics for instance, and for their program to be effective those that are alcoholic need to be well on the way to recovery. I could be wrong, but I think they said that ACA is not usually successful in solving the problems of an active or unrecovered alcoholic. It would be putting the cart before the horse so to speak.
That's my understanding of ACA as well. They recommend treatment for the addiction(s) first.
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