Aa who is an alcoholic

Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. AA is an informal society of more than 2 million recovering alcoholics throughout the world. In Australia, there are about 18, members. They meet in over local meetings spread around the country. Meetings range in size from a handful in some localities to a hundred or more in larger communities.

All members are themselves recovering from alcoholism. There is no central authority controlling how AA groups operate.

It is up to the members of each group to decide what they do. However, the AA program of recovery has proved to be so successful that almost every group follows it in very similar ways.

AA is not a religious organisation nor is it affiliated with any religious body. Before we came into A. We could not see that our drinking just made everything worse. It never solved problems anywhere or anytime. Do you ever try to get "extra" drinks at a party because you do not get enough? Most of us used to have a "few" before we started out if we thought it was going to be that kind of party.

And if drinks were not served fast enough, we would go some place else to get more. Do you tell yourself you can stop drinking any time you want to, even though you keep getting drunk when you don't mean to? Many of us kidded ourselves into thinking that we drank because we wanted to.

After we came into A. Have you missed days of work or school because of drinking? Many of us admit now that we "called in sick" lots of times when the truth was that we were hung-over or on a drunk.

A "blackout" is when we have been drinking hours or days which we cannot remember. When we came to A. Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you did not drink?

Many of us started to drink because drinking made life seem better, at least for a while. By the time we got into A. We were drinking to live and living to drink. We were sick and tired of being sick and tired. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.

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Using this booklet. Staying away from the first drink. Using the hour plan. Remembering that alcoholism is an incurable, progressive, fatal disease. Getting active. Using the Serenity Prayer. Changing old routines. Eating or drinking something—usually, sweet. Availing yourself of a sponsor. Getting plenty of rest. Fending off loneliness. Watching out for anger and resentments. Being good to yourself. Looking out for overelation.