Alcoholism recovery and talk therapies

[Andy F]

Dear friends

Have you ever wondered what is the most effective treatment for alcoholism? Is it therapy or the 12-Steps?

I hope you enjoy the blog I wrote about my experiences as a recovering alcoholic and addict.

 

https://aaforagnostics.com/blog/therapies-for-alcoholism/

 

 

Disclaimer

 

The content of this blog is an AA member's personal experience. It does not necessarily represent the ideas, beliefs, or practices of Alcoholics Anonymous

[JBChiangRai]

Cheers!

[Ralf001]

Yeah congrats.

 

Not for me for me though... love getting smashed.

[JBChiangRai]

47 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah congrats.

 

Not for me for me though... love getting smashed.

 

I'll drink to that

[quake]

Nothing like a glass of red at 11:40 on a Tuesday morning.

and a quick surf of some porn sites before the wife gets back from the temple.  Cheers. 

 

[Deserted]

Let's hope you didn't fall pray to the hidden adgenda AA has, which is downright disgraceful Do ask them to explain themselves but don't hold you breath while waiting for the answer. As you may know, their primary aim is to covert you to christiantiy and not to stop you drinking, (there is a post on this site somewhere where I questioned them at length) which they think they will become empowered enough to achieve if you say nothing about the horsecrap they come out with. and look like you believe brining god into your life will solve your problems for you. They target the weak and vulnerable because they are easier to covert. You can talk to them about it if you don't belief me, its disingenous and they act, primarily, out of self-interest. Join up and watch how quickly it becomes apparent. 

[Andy F]

Hi. I have no time whatsoever for the religious fundamentalists in AA. They are giving AA a bad name and in my mind are a disgrace to an otherwise very helpful and supportive fellowship 

 

I my self am an agnostic alcoholic with 28 years of continuous sobriety. Secular AA has become a powerful movement in AA

 

https://www.aasecular.org/

 

I personally do not support or respect the God squad in AA. They talk rubbish and are diametrically opposed to the original all-inclusive ethos of AA that Bill Wilson, AA's founder, always intended for the fellowship 

[Cat Boy]

I've heard a lot good things about Naltrexone (daily, oral) and Vivitrol (monthly, injections) which block the opioid receptors. Those who use it apparently can and do still occasionally drink, and do feel the effects, but do not feel the compulsion to keep drinking from one drink, a glass of wine, beer or cocktail, to a dozen in one sitting, and are thus able to drink moderately as they desire, with friends, or at home, on occasion, but feel no need to daily, and feel no urge, that it brings them back in control of not just their drinking, but the enjoyment of their lives.

[Paul52]

10 hours ago, Deserted said:

Let's hope you didn't fall pray to the hidden adgenda AA has, which is downright disgraceful Do ask them to explain themselves but don't hold you breath while waiting for the answer. As you may know, their primary aim is to covert you to christiantiy and not to stop you drinking

For people with low to moderate levels of alcohol use disorder, AA isn’t much help IMO.  The problem is the AA Big Book needs to be completely rewritten for the modern age, and there needs to be more oversight to ensure the autonomous, independent groups aren’t being controlled by waco Christian fanatics.  I think there are other better options for those people.

 

However, for people with very serious and severe alcohol addiction, AA has a good proven record of being able to help and save those people from oblivion and an early sad and pathetic death, and help them get their lives back and live normal, healthy, positive and productive lives again.  I think for anyone in that situation, strong opinions about atheist, agnostic and spiritual beliefs becomes an irrelevance and they either want to recover from the disease and live….or they don’t.

[rudi49jr]

Good on you for getting sober! I think everyone has a different way of dealing with alcoholism and eventually getting sober. Or not. There is no one way that is the right way for everyone.

I went cold turkey on December 1, 2018, and haven’t had a drink since. Did it all on my own. What helped was that a colleague of mine, who drank a lot more than me, was found dead at the bottom of the stairs in his house, after lying there dead for at least a week. I suspect he got drunk, fell down the stairs and broke his neck. 
I had already been trying to get sober for quite a while, but always fell off the wagon, usually in less than a few days, one week tops. But this was apparently the wake-up call that I needed, because I really didn’t want to end up like my co-worker, and I finally managed to get sober.