John C, I didn't mean to imply that one who tries to stop any substance abuse is weak.Weak" was probably too strong a word, but needing a support group to achieve sobriety is a bit of a crutch for them to lean on, and not take personal responsibility for their addiction. Alcoholism is a personal problem, and each person who gets involved in that problem, has a different reason to starting in the first place, and should find a personal way to defeat it.
I have been to Hazelden, and AA, but in my, peculiar thinking, the sob sister, lean on me, aspect of them, negated any help for me. I have worked on behalf of AA chapters to converse with hard heads, one on one, because they were not getting the message in group. Maybe I'm a maverick, but I had to do what would kick me in the butt, and make me crawl out of that bottle, and get sober, instead of just dry.
I think that I made it clear that AA was a good program for those that need that kind of support. The reason I denigrated AA a little bit, was because Bush was maligned because he hasn't said that he went to AA to get sober. I may have come on too strong, but felt it necessary to make the point. |
