> I can safely say your best thinking got you to be in AA. You can deny it all you want. but your best thinking got you to be placed in AA.

sorry, are you talking about you
or are you talking about me?
i wouldn't dare tell you what your best thinking was...
but i think i've heard something similar...
at aa / na even.

i think different treatments tend to work differently for different people
medication x might be best for one and medication y for another
therapy t for another person and therapy p for another
self help all the way for the next
and so on and so forth

take what works and leave the rest

but i do think it is a shame when someone goes with one thing because they think they are completely out of options...

but then so long as that option works i guess it doesn't matter...

it is just when that option doesn't work

then it is great to know there are still more options out there...

just meaning to say some words of support
to all the brights (or potential brights who didn't know there was such a thing out there)
to all those who might be struggling with the idea that aa / na is the only way and without aa / na one is on the road to jails, institutions, and death (as the aa / na literature tells people)

just saying... there are options
and i think that is great.