Originally Posted by
hopeful4 
Did you talk to him and say that some people see a counselor who specialize in addiction instead of AA, or coupled w/AA. It is true that AA is not for everyone, however, denial is powerful and he may just be there.
For myself, I went to a counselor who specialized in helping families w/addiction for myself, coupled with Celebrate Recovery, which is a lot like Alanon, but a little different. Both of those things helped me immensely, as does coming here to SR.
Hugs to you.
Yes, many times, he even went to see a specialist like that and took lots of time to speak to a nurse about everything (kind of like an intake) and then he didn't go to the first appointment. He said there were too many drug addicts there and it wasn't the place for him. He also seemed to think they would try to give him medication and was very against that. Hard to understand why ya know? He's putting worse things in his body. I told him he's an adult and nobody can make him do or take something he doesn't want to do but.... like someone else said to me, he may still be in a place of denial and nothing is going to matter right now.