Yeah.  We have to eat right and all that jazz then our alcoholism is 'cured'  
as in pckled, smashed etc.  In my copy of the big book it says that when the 
spiritual malady is overcome, then we begin to recover physically and 
mentally. (I take great comfort that mentally is last 8-).)  My husband 
worked in treatment for many years, mostly in trying to teach cognitive 
behavior modification skills to residents.  That is simply tryng to get 
people to adjust their attitudes.  Many of the clients  needed to overcome 
allergy problems _but_ the spiritual malady needed to be taken care of first. 
 It seems that some group is always trying to make a buck off 'treating' 
alcoholics even though 'to treat' comes from a word that means ' to drag' and 
few alkies worth their salt can be dragged far.  I for one would feel no 
safer turning my alcoholism over to the care of a counsellor than I would my 
diabetes.  I believe in going to the source - God and the big book, my 
sponsor and my group for the booze and my doctor and dietician for the loss 
of insulin producing cells and resulting diabetes.  If I blame genetics and 
take my disease to a pro I'm helpless again.  I begin to play the blaming 
game.  "my counsellor forgot to tell me  .......' becomes my excuse to drink. 
 If I am responsible then I'm free - that's what AA gave me, responsibility 
for my own life.   JR  (that's as close to a flame as I've ever been. I must 
read on into my meeting  *   *
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