76,000,000 people in the United States are afflicted with alcoholism.

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76,000,000 people in the United States are afflicted with alcoholism. While a lot of people go through the twelve steps of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) successfully (and the successes vary) many people never find a program that works for them and eventually drink themselves into a bottomless abyss.

Alcoholism can affect anyone. There is no age, income, race, religion or educational background that depicts alcoholism.


Alcoholism is a disease. While there are no visible sores on the body or medicine that can cure alcoholism, there is the program of AA. When the program of AA is done effectively, magical doors open and life becomes manageable for the first time.


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In the book of Alcoholics Anonymous, known as The Big Book, Bill Wilson wrote "How It Works" found on page 63. He writes, "half measures availed us nothing, we stood at the turning point." This means, alcoholics stood at a fork in the road. Life or death. When alcoholics drink, they drink with all they have. Nothing and no one matters. That is one side of the road.

The other side of the road is practicing the Twelve Steps of AA thoroughly. In order to be successful at sobriety, there can be no "half measures". No one is "kind of an alcoholic" and certainly everyone who drinks alcohol is not an alcoholic. If you drink and your life is unmanageable, perhaps you should find an AA meeting and stay to find out if you are indeed an alcoholic.

Family and Friends Stepping In
On the show "Intervention", there are profiled cases of alcoholics and drug addicts. The addict/alcoholic is intervened upon and is talked into going to a beautiful rehab in a beautiful setting begrudgingly. I've yet to read one footnote at the end of the show that said the profiled person continued a life of sobriety.

It is painful to watch our loved ones fall into the darkness of alcoholism and addiction. Many of us feel guilt and we help the alcoholic/addict out. We may give them rides or cash. This is called 'enabling' and it does more harm than good. Enablers are often co-dependent and have weak boundaries. The enabler "helps" the alcoholic/addict by giving money or calling them out of work. This leaves no culpability for the alcoholic/addict. Without responsibility for one's actions, there is no room for growth.

To learn how help an alcoholic/addict go to www.aa.org and click on "for the family." There is also Al-Anon for families and loved ones of alcoholics and addicts. Al-Anon provides support for family members dealing with a loved one's addiction.