Labels can get in the way of people seeking help for a drinking pronlem. Over and over people said the important thing was seeing the connection between alcohola nd the problems they were having. When they saw that they can do something about it. The research suggests that relapse is much less likely after five or six yers of sobriety. The average length or sobrity of people in the book was actually 13 years.
Recovery is ongoing process to learn to live with our fellows with joy and sober.
Recovery does not mean merely to stop the compulsion to drink ethanol. If millions of our fellowship have found sobriety and sober living through AA, then I would write about its success rather than a book on suspected myths. For those who find living a sober life unbearable then we offer some suggestions that may help living be a little easier. Some people told me they needed to see themselves in recovery for ever. That is good news for people who do not wnat to dwell on their past drinking problem and go to recovery groups for the rest of their lives.