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Question from the newsletter-
If you have been to rehab or AA or other sobriety or treatment centers-
Did you feel the need to drink or use drugs MORE as a result of the meeting or did you feel the need LESS after the meeting?
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| Went to one meeting and needed a drink more than ever. |
| Had a hard time going through everyone else's stories and pain and drama. I had to fight myself to stay on track. |
| Before you engage in an indebt discussion about AA you might want to check into the research statistics on its efficacy. |
| In general, drinker have greater overall and long term success quiting on their own with no outside support such as AA. |
| If you don't believe this check the research. Think about it, how many people say "I have been sober for ....." |
| Noone says "I quit drinking back in 19......" even these comments suggest that AA isn't a permanent solution. Check the research.... |
| AA was entirely to negative for me. I felt like a loser and that impacted my selfworth and I went out and drank to restore it. |
| This doesn't have to be adversarial, If AA works for some, great, it just didn't work for me. I wish all humans sobriety any way they can achieve it. |
| AA perfectly emulates the Christian faith...admit your need, humble yourself, ask for and receive forgiveness, live free. |
| Anything can be taken to an extreme. There is good and bad in almost anything I can think of. I have seen much evil in the church and outside of the |
| church. Recovery can and does work for some. Recovery rates vary |
| depending on the person, the program, the motivation, and mental stability. |
| Recovery rates vary from 10\% to 60\% depending on the person and type of treatment. In reality and according to the research, people who go through a |
| treatment program, and continue with some kind of support structure after treatment have the highest recovery rate. |
| That support can be in the form of an AA or other 12 step meeting or in some other form. What seems to be important is that continued support happen |
| to increase long term abstinence. I like what you are doing, and if the hypnosis works for some people, I strongly support that. What I get |
| uncomfortable with is when people just "vent" and spout opinion without knowing the facts. The facts that I have submitted can be checked out in the |
| chemical dependency and psychological literature found in most college libraries. Ask the librarian for help. |
| Finally, I hope to be able to order the cd for quitting drinking soon so I can do some research myself. If I find that the program works, |
| I will incorporate it into my treatment. I would like nothing better than to have alcoholism or other addictions end without any intervention other |
| than the cd and hypnosis. I would love to work myself out of a job, but until the, I hope your readers will not write off other methods for recovery. |
| I invite other comments. Ken McDonnell (bemidjimac@hotmail.com) |
| I spent 19 years in those rooms, What a relief ?I'm back drinking ? Thank you GOD! |
| I always looked around and thought well I am not nearly as bad as that poor sob.This kind of thought activity did not help me. |
| I have been sober for nearly 20 years -- my recovery began with rehab, followed by lots of therapy and lots of AA -- I got connected in AA -- made |
| new sober friends and in therapy -- learned ways to relax, and have my mind follow...like Wendi promotes. Going to one meeting at the rehab is not |
| going to give you a fair picture of AA in general. I do other things now -- but my recovery began with the 12 Steps and has worked well for me. But |
| some people may need other forms of treatment -- one size does NOT fit all -- but give AA it's fair shake too -- it works! |
| AA is the best thing that's ever happened to me (drugs were a part of my life also). Your method sounds great as a supplement to meetings. |
| Do people moan & groan at meetings? Sure they do; welcome to Life 101. However, let's not overlook the good stuff, and there's plenty of it. |
| I have been clean and sober for 11 years through AA. The meetings remind me of the misery that can be mine if I drink again. Live and let live. |
| Got sober through AA 20 years ago, still am. Your program scares me because you say it's okay to drink. I'll *never* think it's okay to take even one! |
| Read James Fray's book "A Million Little Pieces" he did it without AA! |
| Dear Wendi, I've been sober in AA for a little bit over 28 years. Encouragement used to be used, not fear or self loathing. |
| Why is there a need to rip apart something that has saved many lives ? Why is it so hard to see the good in things and nothing else?Answer: The Ego. |
| I have not had a drink in 14 years. I went thru 30 days of rehab . after that i was told to go to 30 meatings in thirty days. Which I did not . |
| The thing that bother me most was that between the smoke and the lie theses people told were enough for me to not to want to go back . |
| I have a daughter in treatment. AA is very supportive and she enjoys going and working a program, but the craving never seems to let up for her. |
| I went through rehab and then on to AA. I lasted a total of 4 months without a drink, but I obsessed and thought about it ALL the time. |
| I did one week in rehab; needed a month but as a single parent I couldn't afford to stay out of work that long. |
| I followed rehab with a therapist (she was useless) and AA meetings. AA made me CRAVE alcohol!! |
| It seems to me that if, as AA instructs, you continually tell yourself your an addict with no control then you will be an addict with no control. |
| AA meeting were too negative for me. Stopped and remain sober on my own. |
| 12-Step was where I discovered I wanted to be an adult, and where I gained many tools and techniques for successful, happy adulthood. |
| 12-Step is also a community into which I know I can walk in any country and feel one of and welcome. This is immeasureable as an antidote to the |
| lonliness that spun me countless times into substance abuse, including the insobriety of insane thinking. However, I, too, came to wonder about the |
| perpetual self-hypnosis of identifying oneself by a trait no longer desired. |
| Hi, Wendy and all! I'm Steven and I worked in a rehab. Rehab is better than nothing. AA works for some but nothing works for all. |
| I love Wendi. She is great and so are her products. Move toward light and atleast you can see your way ahead! But AA is better than nada. |
| This is Steven agin! upasaki@aol.com. I invite comments. I have 13 years clean and sober! 6 months is a good start though. |
| I went to overeater's anonymous to let go of overeating and struggled for years. did your Zen of Thin and got to my goal weight with freedom and ease. |
| sounds like you went to a bad meeting as well... real recovery is about finding a spiritual path... not wallowing in drunk-alogues |
| did not drink and went to many AA meetings for 2 years. Not drinking dominated my thoughts as much as drinking did without the destruction. |
| I have a son who has been through rehab three times but still can't stop drinking. What to you have for the broken hearted MOM? |
| I find myself fighting to use the CDs as I know i will stop drinking if I do and I dont know if i have enough to take its place! |
| I went to two over eaters meetings and could not wait to leave and hit mcdonalds on the way home |
| after I got out of rehab, I was so messed up and crazier than when I went in. I hid in apartment for several weeks, and was afraid of my own shadow. |
| AA is ok for those who are going to die from drinking... but for moderates, its not that great. |
| AA replaces one dependancy with another.The readings are full of negative suggestions and bad mental programing. |
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A comment from our forum, from a member of our Alcohol Freedom Group.
I have been sober 6 months now after starting. I still listen to them often. It would be easy for me to say this crap doesn't work but instead I listen, write ,workout do what it takes to remain alcohol free. AA didn't help me either, I didn't need people telling me what a shit they are and what bad things they did when they were drinking... been there done that, and to be honest my selfish ass only really cared about me. I love me!
I can hear Wendi telling me how proud I should be of myself and the way I am changing and am so happy to be alcohol free. I am proud of myself! The funny thing is I have no desire to drink. When I was not drinking and going to AA meetings My mouth would actually water at the site of a cold beer. Now it does not bother me in the least. I can still play golf and tailgate at games without any desire to join the drinking. So the answer is yes it does work for me, because I want it to work.
-Ken
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