This is where I was introduced first hand to Alcoholics Anonymous and its sister programs and the whole “incurable and progressive disease” concept, which was grilled into me as the one and only undeniable cure. I was never told that there were any other solutions or treatments in existence.

“Keep coming back, it works if you work it!” This is what is chanted at the end of every meeting, but what if you have “worked it” and you still keep going back and getting drunk or loaded?