Sunday, December 21, 2008

Alcoholics Anonymous: Free For Anyone Who Wants to Quit Drinking

By Ed Philips

Alcoholics Anonymous, which has come to be known as AA due to the shear size of its worldwide operation to help those who really have a desire to kick alcohol addiction. AA is made up of a small group of men and women with current or previous alcohol related problems who together give mutual support to combat their addiction. If you think you could be suffering from alcohol dependency then help is close at hand in your local AA centre.

AA colleagues would never say to your face "you're an alcoholic", which leaves it down to you to face up to it. Common symptoms include a constant desire to consume alcohol, always over drinking and the feeling of dependency to alcohol just to get you through the day or night. If you do suffer from any of the previous then you must consider yourself to be an alcoholic or alcoholic dependant person.

Alcohol can affect us in different ways are there are those people who can drink a hell of a lot without losing their senses and think they are not alcohol dependent. They are quite mistaken as this type of behaviour can also be considered as alcoholic related.

As soon as you are certain that you are alcohol dependent, then first you must abstain from drinking as much as you can to kick the habit. Although it is easy to tell someone to cut back on alcohol consumption, it is not possible for an alcoholic to carry out this advice due to the condition that they are suffering from.

It is therefore of extreme importance that people who are dependent on Alcohol get imperative advice from people who have or who are in the process of giving up alcohol consumption and where better than the Alcoholics Anonymous group.

Alcoholics Anonymous is without a doubt unique regarding its neutral politics and opens its door to anyone regardless of race or colour. It neither bias towards religion nor social background and its only goal is that of collective non-alcoholism.

AA is a non profit making organization run by and overseen by past and current alcoholic members and the door is always open to new members and it's free. There are no obligations to overcome in becoming a member, except for the tendency to quit drinking alcohol.

Alcoholics Anonymous has the reputation of being the world's biggest self support organization. You can find local branches of AA in virtually any city throughout the world. Members normally meet up once a week and talk about the difficulties that arise through being dependent on alcohol. They also touch on other subjects like how they plan on kicking the habit, what actually made them want to stop and what the resulting negative and positive changes are in their lives while both on and off alcohol.

Alcoholics Anonymous membership is free for all. The organization does not solicit members but all are free to come and go as they please. There are no attendance or membership records. However, the organization does have a buddy system, where one person is codependent on the other and vice versa, and each one tries to prevent their partner from getting a relapse.

Joining AA has been made so simple to anyone in need and all group therapies are monitored by experts in helping people disconnect themselves from alcohol dependency. So why don't you start afresh and check out a couple of the meetings at an AA centre in your area.

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