Is it possible to quit drinking without AA ?!
Question: Is it possible to quit drinking without AA .?
I was thinking about trying antabuse ...Health Question & Answer
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Most people quit without AA:
"One recent study found that 80% of all alcoholics who recover for a year or more do so on their own, some after being unsuccessfully treated. When a group of these self-treated alcoholics was interviewed, 57% said they simply decided that alcohol was bad for them. Twenty-nine percent said health problems, frightening experiences, accidents, or blackouts persuaded them to quit. Others used such phrases as "Things were building up" or "I was sick and tired of it." Support from a husband or wife was important in sustaining the resolution."
Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction -- Part III, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, October 1995.
Antabuse works for many because it removes the option of thinking you can have "just one" which usually leads to more.
People have been quitting drinking for thousands of years before AA announced that you cannot do it on your own.Health Question & Answer
"One recent study found that 80% of all alcoholics who recover for a year or more do so on their own, some after being unsuccessfully treated. When a group of these self-treated alcoholics was interviewed, 57% said they simply decided that alcohol was bad for them. Twenty-nine percent said health problems, frightening experiences, accidents, or blackouts persuaded them to quit. Others used such phrases as "Things were building up" or "I was sick and tired of it." Support from a husband or wife was important in sustaining the resolution."
Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction -- Part III, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, October 1995.
Antabuse works for many because it removes the option of thinking you can have "just one" which usually leads to more.
People have been quitting drinking for thousands of years before AA announced that you cannot do it on your own.Health Question & Answer
Of course it is. AA has very poor statistics of successful impact on recovery. Last I read, it was about 2% successful in rehabilitating alcoholics. It is highly overrated since it is all that's out there as a volunteer organization. The best rehab is one you pay for that educates you and is not based in religion and archaic information, but in research and factual data. Many programs include follow up groups. Of course, you can just quit on your own, which many do successfully. Health Question & Answer
You can but you have to have the will power to do it. Health Question & Answer
It looks to me like you are avoiding one of the most successful programs ever. That is not a good sign.Health Question & Answer
yes it is possible. You just have to be determind. =]Health Question & Answer