Well first of all, you say 'not drinking is not an option' this, of course, is nonsense, it's
always an option. You are the one grabbing another bottle, no outside power controls this. Secondly: I don't know whether you're an alcoholic, I hate labeling like that, it's for cans of soup
but the fact you're talking about it indicates you suspect there's a problem. Thirdly: I made a post with links for substance abuse for a different board, I dragged it up again:
I just collected some info. Feel free to make this one sticky, mods or admins.
Alcoholics Anonymous:
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
LifeRing Secular Recovery:
www.unhooked.com
SMART (Self Management And Recovery Training)
www.smartrecovery.org
Rational Recovery:
http://www.rational.org/
Women for Sobriety:
http://womenforsobriety.org/
And to be complete I'll mention the only method that focuses on moderation:
http://moderation.org/
Oh and here are two links comparing recovery methods:
http://www.addictionalternatives.com...omparison.html
http://rrci.net/recovery_spectrum.htm
Gonna add even more links if y'all dun mind!
A fav site of mine:
www.skysite.org REBT put in practise.
And another one:
http://www.threeminutetherapy.com/ interesting chapters about addictions and all.
Now this might surprise you but yes I did read The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, I read the 3rd edition:
http://www.recovery.org/aa/bigbook/ww/index.html I do plan on reading the 4th edition as soon as I can print it off:
http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/ I gotta know what I'm against to understand why I'm so much against it.
Anyway personally I don't care for AA/NA at all but I do know it helps lotsa ppl. I know about addiction and its troubles, so feel free to PM me any time.
Marte