Posted by verne on October 13, 2004, at 10:13:28
In reply to Re: please be civil, posted by DynaUnity333 on October 13, 2004, at 4:33:00
AA took me part way down the road but I, too, hit a dead end, a wall or one too many mixed metaphors. More and more, I've discovered that alcoholism is mostly about body chemistry. Most of the current literature on alcoholism, like "Seven Weeks to Sobriety" supports that.
Another good book is "Under the Influence" - subtitled "a guide to the myths and realities of alcoholism" by Milam and Ketcham.
Although my religion isn't very "organized", finding spiritual solid ground helped me too.
That said, I find many good things about AA too. It just wasn't for me. I don't smoke and I'm trying to quit coffee so there aren't many meetings I could go to anyway.
Many doctors disagreed with me and insisted I go to AA, yet the longest I've gone without drinking (2 years) was without any AA involvement. I was taking librium at the time had more spiritual peace.
I lost my footing last spring but I'm now approaching a month since I drank last. I'm really hitting the supplements, amino acids, essential fatty acids, B vitamins - well just about everything on the health food store shelf. iherb.com likes me berry, berry much.
verne
poster:verne
thread:402382
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/subs/20041013/msgs/402615.html