Originally Posted by herculana

You might try a different approach that looks logically at addiction, rather than those programs who see it as a character flaw. Cause its not a character flaw, its ADDICTION, and there are even chemical reasons for the way you feel when you describe how NOTHING ELSE gives you joy other than drinking.

Thats your BODY talking. Not the true essence of WHO YOU ARE.

I would try reading the NAKED MIND and also watching her videos. She researched addiction in depth and it was through the knowledge she gained that she was able to quite drinking. She did not like the AA route for her own journey, so she did not take that route.

Here is one of her GREAT videos where she talks about feeling good only by drinking and WHY that happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qts9ZWg5eek