CAN A.A. HELP MY DRINKER??

The answer is YES!!  Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) CAN INDEED HELP.

BUT - ONLY IF THE DRINKER IS READY TO LISTEN!

Sometimes the drinker does not want to stop just yet, even though they may feel guilty about what they are doing to those around them.

So what usually happens is:

• we can suggest they go to A.A
• we can take the drinker to A.A meetings
• an A.A member can take them to meetings

AND IT MAY MAKE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL!  The drinking continues. So"forcing" does not work.

Why?

Because the drinker may not agree they are in trouble - or may be happy drinking just now - or because you may be fixing up the mess they make, they don't see any CONSEQUENCES to their drinking.
Any number of reasons, none of which the drinker may realise and we may never know .....

Usually the drinker has to WANT to STOP DRINKING first, before they are ready to listen to A.A.

My wife went to A.A. for years, yet kept drinking.... until she decided she wanted to stop.

She was TALKING the TALK but not WALKING the WALK as they say.

So we need help to keep going while the drinker continues on their lonely journey - BUT THERE IS HOPE THAT one day, your loved one may decide to ask for help - and get to an A.A. meeting.

Find out how I got help to keep going - check the HELP PAGES on the right ....