Old 05-29-2018, 03:41 AM
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Gottalife
12 Step Recovered Alcoholic
 
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When the drink probem was removed, so was the need to focus on not drinking. Instead I focussed on living life one day at a time, and AAs 24 hour plan comprising steps 10,11 and 12 work very well in that regard.

Early AAs were big on meditation, which they called, receiving guidance. That works well for me but I am all in favour of developing deeper meditation practices if that is what interests you.

On its own as a means to sobriety? Well, it might not be enough. Beware of the sales pitch that goes with some of these things. There was a lady in NZ who does hypnosis to moderate people drinking. She said her goal was to reduce consumption by half, so a two bottle a day habit becomes a one bottle a day habit. Whe asked about success rates, she claimed 97%. Take that with a grain of salt. Even if it covered only the first five minutes, I would be in the failure side of the statistic. But it sounded good, and its just the sort of thing a suffering alcoholic would like to hear.
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