Peek through the window of an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous.
March 24, 2014 Comments Off on Peek through the window of an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous.Read moreBy spring, Dominic had dropped out of college. His parents turned to the family doctor for advice. She told him to double down on AA-to attend ninety meetings in ninety days, which is a common AA prescription.
It worked. Although many of the faces at the meetings kept changing and Dominic constantly felt the urge to drink, he found a few “oldtimers” who believed wholly in the program and who encouraged him to dismiss the great majority of people who fell through the cracks.