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Question by : What are some secular alternatives to alcoholics anonymous?
Since AA is religious and therefore not suitable. Before you say they are not religious have a look at their website or just take my word for it please.

Name me some alternatives if you will. Thanks.

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Answer by Battle Girl! Kirsty
Alcohol kills your brain cells
We learned that in school today, I’m in grade 5…

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@Elletitude: Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Christine*, for example, was addicted to food. She's a part of a 12-step support group called Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) and has been a member since 2006. There a six different meetings in Denver, similar to the way Alcoholics Anonymous …
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n FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS: meets at 7 p.m. Mondays, at St. John's Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel St., Portsmouth. Food Addicts In Recovery Anonymous is a 12-step fellowship based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
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Question by almintaka: How well do alcohol recovery programs actually work?
Hi Everyone,
Alcoholics Anonymous (“AA”, spiritual), Rational Recovery (“RR”, cognitive), SMART (cognitive), Save Ourselves (“SOS”, cognitive) and other alcohol recovery programs all claim varying levels of success in helping alcoholics on the road to recovery. However, there is a lot of controversy surrounding their claims, as even a quick search on the internet will reveal. Viewing this chaos of opinions from “outside the box”, it certainly seems as though they’re all blowing smoke. Anecdotal arguments are used, tabloid-style quotations are touted as being authentic, and “my way or the highway” rationalizing is often used. One thing they all have in common is that apparently none of them has a handle on real statistics (though I could be wrong here; I just haven’t found any). In addition, independent studies (NIAA, Dawson) have shown that these programs are no more successful than no program at all. What’s your opion? Do one or more of these programs work better than nothing?

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Answer by Rachel
I think any recovery program works only as well as the time & persistance the addict puts into staying clean.

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Question by Tricia P: Do you think Alcoholics Anonymous truly works? If you are occasionally battling a desire .?
If alcohol at a moderate amount, keeps you at a certain level, functioning, able, clear thinking and happy, (not a mean alcoholic),
then why can’t someone invent a drug that would not harm the liver, immune system, ect. that is similar? We can go to the moon, but there are more people down here that could benefit from such a solution.

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Answer by NANTIG
Only if you want it to work and allow it to help you.

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Quotable Quotes for A.A. History Lovers

Dick B.

 

Dale Mitchel, who wrote the biography of Bill Wilson’s doctor, William D. Silkworth, M.D.,

stated:

 

During his third visit to Towns Hospital, Bill [Wilson] had a discussion with Dr. Silkworth on the subject of the “Great Physician.” . . . . In fact, Bill Wilson himself wrote that he had thought about this discussion before he decided to check himself into Towns for the last time. . . . Wilson wrote: “Alcoholism took longer to kill, but the result was the same. Yes, if there was any Great Physician that could cure the alcohol sickness, I’d better find him now, at once” See Dale Mitchel, Silkworth The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks: The Biography of William Duncan Silkworth, M.D. (Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2002), 44.

 

Silkworth has not been given the appropriate credit for his position on a spiritual conversion, particularly as it may relate to true Christian benefits. Several sources, including Norman Vincent Peale in his book The Positive Power of Jesus Christ, agree that it was Dr. Silkworth who used the term “The Great Physician” to explain the need in recovery for a relationship with Jesus Christ. If true, this reference to Jesus has all but been eliminated from Alcoholics Anonymous history. In the formation of A.A., Wilson initially insisted on references to God and Jesus, as well as the Great Physician. See Mitchel, Silkworth, 50.

 

Bill Wilson said: “Henrietta, the Lord has been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want to keep talking about it and telling people” See Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., page 191.

 

Dr. Bob Smith said: “It is a most wonderful blessing to be relieved of the terrible curse with which I was afflicted. . . . Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!” Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., pages 180-81.

 

A.A. Number Three Bill Dotson said: “That sentence, ‘The Lord has been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want to keep telling people about it,’ has been a sort of golden text for the A.A. program and for me.” Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., page 191.

 

Mitchell K., who wrote a biography of Clarence H. Snyder {who founded A.A. in Cleveland in 1939), stated: “Clarence was ‘called on the carpet’ numerous times for using of his full name wherever he went. Some of his programs and flyers said, ‘Clarence Snyder of Alcoholics Anonymous will speak on this new cure for alcoholism.’ These even listed Clarence’s place of work so people could contact him.” See Mitchell K., How It Worked: The Story of Clarence H. Snyder and the Early Days of Alcoholics Anonymous in Cleveland, Ohio (NY: Washingtonville, AA Big Book Study Group, 1999), 171.

 

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Dick B. is a writer, historian, retired attorney, Bible student, CDAAC, and an active and recovered A.A. member. He has published 42 titles and over 560 articles on A.A. History and the Christian Recovery Movement.

Question by starr: are there any books besides Alcoholics Anonymous-The Big Book that can be helpful to alcoholics seeking help?

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Answer by kerrbear
The Joe and Charlie audio cds have been very helpful to my husband. They can be purchased from the Joe and Charlie web site or on Ebay and are very reasonably priced. There are others but my husband likes these best because they are seem more true to the experiences of actual alcoholics.

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