AA in p99

[gotrocks]

its pretty much been proven that true alcoholics cant ever drink "socially" (ie, taking a couple drinks every now and then).

There have been a ton of studies on this. If you're an alcoholic, you're always an alcoholic. You can't condition someone to not be one because its brain chemistry. The programs that are claiming to show people how to drink responsibly are bullshit - that may work for a year, maybe 2 or 3 or 4, but eventually that person is going to go back to being an alcoholic.

doesnt matter what program you're in, long term recovery from alcoholism is extremely rare and difficult. I'd say 20% is probably too high, its more like 10%. Pretty sure thats the highest recovery rate of any program long term. Other programs boast having over 50%, but thats generally after a year at most, and it falls off rapidly after that to around 2-3% if that.

I've done a ton of reading on this for both sides. I've got a really good book you should check out if you're interested in the subject, il try to find the title.