Originally Posted by
Railtek Thanks. i have been to AA before but i loath standing in front of a wall and reciting of how of a failure i am. i Spent my teens in a hostile private school reciting things that i hated so not ready for that just yet.
arrogant? yes
do i care - no
i respect AA and the stories i heard there but i have my views (and out of all the millions of addicts out there i know some agree with me)
i want to try other options, ive never talked to a therapist one on one about my issues. alcohol is the symptom of whats really going on and i dont want to share to a group (at this stage anyway) about my deep down issues.
but the AA meeting asap is a good idea....the reply above was a kneejerk reaction.
What kind of AA meetings have you been to that are as you first describe?!
Whatever you do - you have to stop drinking. Yes, alcohol is a symptom but we have to get it out of our system to address anything else.
Agree with CR here. I was an alcoholic trainwreck who had absolutely no ability to think clearly til I quit drinking - THEN had a chance at getting help from multiple sources.
Good luck.