The alcoholic is indeed powerless. Unable at certain times to resist the impulse to take the first drink...

Yet, (and I am proof), there is RECOVERY through the 12 Steps and establishing reliance upon God. 28yrs 6mos since I have taken a drink thanks to the Program of Recovery and my Relationship With God.

The Steps Of Recovery are outlined in the AA text Alcoholics Anonymous in chapters titled, HOW IT WORKS and INTO ACTION.


How It Works begins with this sentence: "Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path". This is my experience too.


If your friend is alcohoic and is not drinking, surely that is an improvement. Recovery is much more than simply not drinking.

Alcoholism is a spiritual problem and recovery requires a spiritual solution. That solution is God. No medical treatment facility or shrink will recognize the spiritual aspect of the disease, unless maybe the practitioner is alcoholic and recovered.


Ultimately, this has nothing to do with you, unless the alcoholic is your family member.