Many people find that they will benefit from a group setting when they are attempting to help themselves. The support and understanding of other people going through the same sorts of things as they are, will often mean that their endeavours in self help will be more successful than they otherwise would have been. For example, people who are trying to avoid alcohol may choose to abstain from it themselves and do a perfectly good job of refraining from it entirely from their own will power. However, when stresses from daily life or tricky social situations make teetotalism harder for some recovering alcoholics, additional support can be beneficial. In this light, self help groups can assist individuals by allowing an opportunity to discuss problems as a type of talking therapy. That said, many people who attend such self help groups for a raft of addictive behaviours find that simply attending and listening to others is enough to help them maintain the self help they need.