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backwoodsbob

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12. Well in a roundabout way you nailed it

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 06:25 PM

Jan 2015

Like I said in the OP he said up front this isn't the place for hardcore alcoholics who can't function without alcohol.....this is more about people like me who suddenly realize they have made alcohol a part of their daily lives and just want to not drink anymore.
It's simply a way to give you a new network where you are comfortable not drinking until not drinking becomes your habit.
Like I said in the OP,he told me they aren't a place to help hardcore alcoholics who can't function without a drink.

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met a guy with a cool alcoholism program today [View all] backwoodsbob Jan 2015 OP

My drinking is definately a habit. AngryAmish Jan 2015 #1

with me it is very much habit backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #3

this is called an APG, alternative peer group elehhhhna Jan 2015 #4

That is EXACTLY the phrase he used backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #5

positive peer pressure elehhhhna Jan 2015 #14

Cool 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #2

Is this empirically validated or studied at all? phil89 Jan 2015 #6

I can;t speak for everyone but for me backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #10

I'm around 7 years off the bottle madokie Jan 2015 #7

Cool! rufus dog Jan 2015 #9

I'm loving being sober madokie Jan 2015 #11

Here is my take rufus dog Jan 2015 #8

Well in a roundabout way you nailed it backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #12

ALL expansive claims of success rates of recovery groups/programs should be taken w/ a grain of salt Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #13

just keep doing what works. we lost another young man in recovery elehhhhna Jan 2015 #15

Sounds like a good idea. Keep doing whatever is working for you. yardwork Jan 2015 #16

Congratulations!!!!! etherealtruth Jan 2015 #18

Getting sober at 18 shows a real commitment. yardwork Jan 2015 #21

Thank you for your encouraging words etherealtruth Jan 2015 #22

Wishes for continued success ... you are winning a ominous challenge etherealtruth Jan 2015 #17

Glad to hear there are popular alternatives to AA GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #19

Whatever works libodem Jan 2015 #20

I went to an AA meeting once with my sister. nilesobek Jan 2015 #23

Whatever works. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #24