Addiction & Recovery

I somehow doubt the success of someone requiring their spouse to go to church and AA. You don't quit until you really want to quit and no amount of outside pressure changes that. You might stay dry for a while to please someone else, but you have to quit for yourself.

I did it, on my own, with only the help of some anti-depressant medicines and a loving wife. It was not easy, and even though it has been nearly 20 years, the thought of having a single beer scares me to death of breaking the spell. I will not drink again, in any situation in any volume, because I am weak and if I drank one social beer, the next day I would buy a six pack and would fall right back into self-destructive behavior. I know myself pretty well enough to know I can't be trusted with booze.

Some of us are not group therapy people, AA would not have helped me, I am not a joiner; but I do recognize that it has helped a lot of people. Every person is different and not all strategies work for all people.