Twelve Step Programmes

[eve1974]

Anyone been to al-anon. Nar-anon, AA etc?

Wonder what your own experience is with 12 step type programmes

[nailit]

Cultish...
Spent years in AA.

[fraser]

Why bother if your happy drinking like Iam and working carry on I had the last week off and all I done is sleep and drink don't worry what other people think it's your life enjoy life!!

[calmck]

For many people it seems to work, for others it doesn't. The first step is that the person wants to stop taking whatever substance they are using. They need support from their family and friends and their sponsor to have a chance of success. I have not been through any of these programmes but I know people who have completed the 12 steps and those that haven't.

[nailit]

This was posted yesterday, & so far only 3 answers.
(now obviously 4)
My own, fraser and calmck.
To be fair, I think that it deserves more responses if eve is seeking a genuine response.
12 step programmes are a load of bull (in my opinion)
and would be happy to explain why if pressed.

[sandyRoe]

Today is my 13th consecutive day without a drink. In my entire adult life, apart from the time I was in prison, I've never been sober for so long.
So what's going right for me now? I'm in a quiet house in the countryside, getting plenty of fresh air and exercise, and, most importantly I think, no stress.
I've attended AA meetings in the past and you see and hear people who have turned their lives around. They've been sober for years with the help that AA has given them.
It can work for you if you're determined to stop drinking.

[Mamyalynne]

It may deserve more answers but perhaps there aren't enough people with knowledge of the programme willing to share.

I have no experience of it but would point out to Fraser that many don't embark o such a step to please others necessarily but to try and help themselves.

[anneasquith]

Very best wishes sandy . :-)