As an alcoholic I had a lot of misconceptions about what was wrong with me. I knew I drank too much but I didnt understand the illness of alcoholism. What I thought I knew mostly turned out to be wrong.

Because I didnt understand the problem I had no real chance of knowing what a good solution would be. Things that I thought might solve it didnt work because they didnt address the real problem. Things that were a great solution i rejected because they didnt look like they would deal with what I thought was wrong with me.

Basically I was the worst person to decide what was right for me because I didnt know what was wrong with me.

It wasnt until I found out what was wrong that I started to see what might make sense as a way forward. I found out about the way AA sees alcoholism and compared it to my own experience, it pretty much fitted exactly. From that I began to understand why the solution offered in AA would work for me.

Lots of people have a problem which relates to alcohol. But we dont necessarily have the same problem. Therefore we dont necessarily need the same solution. I am the type of alcoholic described in AA. Maybe your problem is different. I see many people on here struggling to find the right solution for them, only my opinion but I think some of it is because they dont really understand the problem they have.

I would suggest to everyone to really get to honestly understand the problem they have. It makes it so much easier to find a solution that fits.