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3. Alcoholics Anonymous....
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 01:32 AM
Jan 2022

.... has just about a 15% success rate. If there is a claimed higher success rate, chances are it came from the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. I spent a year in a VA Rehab Center where AA meetings were mandatory. I had attended AA meetings in the past and after talking to my counselor he agreed to exempt me from those mandatory meetings. I was given a job as part of my rehabilitation in housekeeping, and was housed in an alcohol-free living environment. After one year, I hit the ground running, and never looked back. Ten years sober. I am 70 years old now, so I'm pretty confident I'm going to make it to............

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