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 Here's some straight info on how to stop drinking - a)A person needs to stop imbibing for three months. b)You then make a clear-headed decision about whether you want to stay that way. c)Use the time-out method (based on American football) to make sure that you don't forget.

 Let's end 12stepism. The endeavor here is to create, eventually, a solid alternative mental health route. That confronts the monster A.A. so that we are no longer made to go to a never ending story without first knowing how to exit the train!

 Recovery programs will probably continue for some time to recommend the A.A. route directly or indirectly. So it may be the power of "word of mouth" that saves people from this trap.


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Totally appreciate the reply!! This method is about how to not go to AA and not drink. So much of the current thinking in treatment is aligned with an idea -addiction is a life time struggle - after 90 days (a must have) a person needs -at any point after this,really - to commit to the phrase timeout (like it is used in American football -visualize a referee) to make certain they always have a solid mental defense.

 This reply is basically unedited to keep a conversation tone.


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