Anyone here in Alcoholics Anonymous IRL?

No only in my fake life.

I like Budweiser, but that’s just me

Checking to see how many other construction estimators trying to price post pandemic roll in also.

Recovering drunk here.
It never was right for me. I know it’s absolutely saved lives and it works for a lot of people. I’m just not one of them. It had a cultish feel that I never could get comfortable with.
Ultimately I just made up my mind I was done but did take one of their popular slogans to heart - one day at a time.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Are these meetings a good place to pick up women?

I’ve been sober since 12/27/87 living one day at a time. I no longer attend meetings. I share my story with others often times complete strangers who are wanting to talk about their problems. I offer them support and encourage them to just stay sober today. A half-dozen of my HS using friends are no longer here due to drug overdose and making poor decisions under the influence. Sucks being a pall bearer for friends who died way to young.

3 years sober. I had a lot of issues with AA. Got sober using the Sinclair Method - changed my life. Saw it posted on here a few years back when I was wasted drunk. Tried it and low and behold it worked.

Biggest issue with AA is that the 12 step method is from the 1930's and has between a 3-8% success rate. It's considered a treatment for alcoholism, but when it doesn't work they blame the patient. What other form of treatment for a disease out there blames the patient when the medicine doesn't work?

So in a sense. Tiger Droppings saved my life? IDK

After many attempts of "quitting drinking" I finally was forced into AA by my office in December 1985. I stayed sober for 5 years by going to meetings. I then thought I had it beat. I eventually went back out in April 1994 which ended poorly. I was fortunate enough to get back in in November 1995 and have been sober ever since. I really do not go to meetings anymore, but people who know me know that I do not drink. They have sent me friends who are thinking of stopping alcohol and I am happy to help them.

AA may not be for everyone, but it was essential to me and I believe I owe AA my life. Had I continued to drink scotch whiskey the way I used to, I am sure I would not be alive today. I tell everyone who asks me about how to stop - put as much time as possible between your last drink and today. I do not think I could have done it without AA.

Yes, some see it as a cult, there are definite cliques in the organization, and I am sure that people can find all sorts of fault with AA. I will say this - it is the only organization to which I have ever belonged that wants to see everyone succeed. I wish anyone who is trying to quit alcohol the very best and would recommend AA as a starting point.


ETA: And Mr. Bach, I often used a line from your movie, "Arthur" when asked by a bartender if I thought I had had enough. My response was the same as yours, "I want more than enough."