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> AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain@yahoogroups.com, "lilianandmurdoch"
> <LilianandMurdoch@a...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Lifelong sobriety is not recovery from alcoholism, as Alcoholics
> > Anonymous claims. It's just a damage limitation exercise.
> > Pursuing lifelong sobriety is not a sign of recovery from
> > alcoholism, as Alcoholics Anonymous claims. Staying away from
booze
> > one day at a time is treating the symptom instead of the
> fundamental
> > underlying problem, and merely a damage limitation exercise.
> >
> > (PRWEB) October 12, 2004 -- Pursuing lifelong sobriety is not a
> sign
> > of recovery from alcoholism, as Alcoholics Anonymous claims.
> Staying
> > away from booze one day at a time is treating the symptom instead
> of
> > the fundamental underlying problem, and merely a damage
limitation
> > exercise.
> >
> > So say former alcoholics Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald from
Ayrshire
> > in Scotland. They argue that alcoholism is not an incurable and
> > progressive illness or disease, as Alcoholics Anonymous would
have
> us
> > believe, but rather a self-harming behaviour problem with its
roots
> > in childhood.
> >
> > Lilian says: "If an alcoholic is willing to identify and
thoroughly
> > address these issues from the past, then there is no reason why
he
> or
> > she should not be able to consciously change their previously
> > problematic behaviour patterns, even to the extent of being able
to
> > drink responsibly and safely again in a perfectly normal and
> sociable
> > manner. We know that this is possible, because we have done it
> > ourselves. So have many other former alcoholics who have
contacted
> us
> > from all over the world through our website
> > www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com
> >
> > "Being able to drink responsibly again is important in itself for
> an
> > alcoholic, because it's not pleasant to be socially excluded for
> any
> > reason. But being able to drink normally and safely again is even
> > more important because it is the outward and visible sign that an
> > alcoholic has resolved his or her problems and is truly well
again.
> >
> > "Nobody is incapable of changing their behaviour. And that is one
> of
> > the fundamental differences between Alcoholics Anonymous and us.
AA
> > disempowers people – the first of the Twelve Steps says: "We
> admitted
> > we were powerless over alcohol" – but we are fighting to give
> > alcoholics that power back."
> >
> > Ten years ago the Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald had hit rock
bottom,
> > sleeping rough for two weeks on the streets of Cambridge, where a
> > quarter of a century previously as an undergraduate Murdoch had
> > received an honours degree in English Literature. They had moved
> > there from Ayr with the idea of Murdoch doing research for a
> > doctorate (PhD), but reverted to their old habits, started binge
> > drinking, and were thrown out of their lodgings.
> >
> > After a fortnight, and when they were just about at the end of
> their
> > tether, two nurses on their way home after a Saturday night out
> took
> > pity on Lilian and Murdoch, bought them a cup of tea and found
them
> a
> > place in a homeless hostel.
> >
> > The couple spent the next twelve months there getting to the
roots
> of
> > their alcoholism. They tried AA one last time, before concluding
> that
> > it was a quasi-religious cult whose ideas on alcoholism were
> > inadequate and outdated.
> >
> > Instead, by reading psychology, they decided that the causes of
> their
> > alcoholic behaviour lay in problems experienced during childhood.
> And
> > that once these problems were realised and addressed, there was
no
> > longer any need for escape through alcoholism, and they could
even
> > drink normally like other people again.
> >
> > Ten years after selling newspapers from a stand in Market Square,
> > Cambridge, so that he and Lilian could get back on their feet
> > financially, Murdoch now writes his own regular column in the
local
> > weekly paper and also runs his own public relations consultancy.
> >
> > And Lilian is so keen to pass on the benefits of their experience
> to
> > others who still have problems with alcohol, that the couple are
> > building a website www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com to
spread
> > their message of hope.
> >
> > They also have a community group website at
> > http://groups.msn.com/AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain which
includes
> a
> > chat room and message board where members can exchange thoughts,
> > ideas and experiences.
> >
> > Lilian and Murdoch have completed the first draft of a book about
> > their experiences, and are currently looking for a suitable
> publisher.
> >
> > Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald's web links:
> >
> > Main website:
> >
> > http://www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com
> >
> > Community websites
> >
> > http://groups.msn.com/Alcoholicsdontneedtostayonthewagon
> >
> > http://groups.msn.com/AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain
> >
> >
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain/
> >
> > Other links
> >
> > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb166719.htm
> >
> > http://www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com/newpage17.html
> >
> >
>
http://groups.msn.com/AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain/sobrietyisnotrecov
> > ery.msnw
> >
> > http://www.openpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=1993
> >
> > http://www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com/newpage15.html
> >
> > http://www.pressbox.co.uk/Detailed/17770.html
> >
> > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prweb130243.htm
> >
> > http://www.pressbox.co.uk/Detailed/15000.html
> >
> > http://www.pr-scotland.com/releases/040409-02.htm
> >
> > http://www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com/newpage4.html
> >
> > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/7/prweb144035.htm
> >
> > http://www.pr-scotland.com/releases/040726-01.htm
> >
> > http://www.pressbox.co.uk/Detailed/16150.html
> >
> > http://www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com/newpage0.html
> >
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