Re(2): Theres a cancer growing in my brain Posted on January 20, 2026 at 05:21:29 PM by B.F.Skinner
Hope you're not giving ME AI facts on alcoholism, but rather to the 2 or 3 others on this page. You see, I've taken all those classes. In fact I have a whole section on addictions on my website for others. With illustrations and even a couple videos. I had lots of material to choose from. AA meeting participants just repeat their same personal sad stories with every meeting, but professional treatment staff all went to college for it and they use the white board and teaching materials that they paid tuition to learn.
Go long enough, and everyone ordered by their DUI judges, should be able to gain a minor in addiction studies. And more. The Good ones give mini-lectures on all the disorders that cause people to self medicate. I found excellent programs and help from Clay-Platte Co Mental Health services...they have an MD that prescribes Naltrexone to end those pesky cravings...and college level lectures on all the common maladies, like marital issues, depression, etc etc. Same stuff you find on AI and repost here, but better. There's another good outfit in Atchison but that costs some serious money and good insurance will pay for it. It's a residential facility for the weeks people go there. Foods good, lessons are intense like taking a 18 hours at school.
The young ones sneak up to each other's rooms to party; older people tend to pay attention to the program tho and get outta there with useful information; sadly they still refer people to AA because its the only free game in town. County addictive programs tho are free to the user, paid for by property taxes. Some instructors are good and well schooled, others are just drunks who dont have any skills other than going to meetings. They're pretty useless. I would think JOCO's program would be good and would target more educated alcoholics, given its a suburban county. Most who go to them are court ordered. But like any other classes, you get out of them what ya put into them. It usually takes more than just one run-in with the cops for a program to take. As they say, people will shake off their addictions only when the hit bottom, so to speak. Lose their marriage, or job, or spend some time in the county jail. A lot of the women in the programs get a great deal of rape counseling and men don't get to go to those classes, of course. AA's free, but ya get what ya pay for which is just feeding the coffee fund. Its pretty pathetic and repetitive; I recommend the county programs that have a staff physician and professional counselors rather than AA "Sponsors".
The difference between your advice to drunks and mine is that you get yours off of AI, and I write from experience and talk about what counseling's like rather than my own sad story about how I started drinking when my dad went to a nursing home and died there. The kids who are alcoholics, well they started early and as we all know, youthful culture's all about drink, getting high, and getting laid. A sure career ending lifestyle.
No need to respond Jim, I'm sure you don't respond to treatment. But if anyone else wanders through this boring thread, maybe they'll think about fixing themselves with the help of others. I know you think this is about YOU, but it's not. Replies: