Old 11-16-2017, 10:56 AM
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Mac4711
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Guys,
Thanks for the responses. Many of you responded to the question 'Do you think helping others increases your chances of staying recovered?' with 'Well, duh!'. It was really more of a rhetorical question, lol!

I now realize that I should have asked 'Do you know that helping other alcoholics DOUBLES your chances of staying recovered?'.
A quote from the study: 'Among those who were helping other alcoholics, 40% of participants avoided taking a drink in the year after treatment, whereas, among those who were not helping other alcoholics, only 22% avoided taking a drink.'
I think this is simply mind boggling, here's the link again:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...9/#!po=43.5484
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