Originally Posted by
Obladi 
and (gasp!) going to AA. This last was also most definitely "not for me." I found that the program was simply "too religious," "too intolerant," and "too rote" for me.
I think AA is 80-90% full of folk who initially thought it was not for them.
It's pretty rare that you hear a genuine case of someone who took to it like a duck to water.
We also have to bare in mind that the same brain that has been signing off on drinking ourselves silly all these years is the same brain we are now convinced can make a sound and rational decision on what recovery plan to go with.