Controlled Drinking Experiment in Big Book

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> I had a discussion with an AAer who said that it is dangerous to

hint that

> someone might not be alcoholic and could drink in moderation. I

had argued

> that suggesting someone might try Moderation Management is no more

damaging

> than telling people to go out and try some controlled drinkng and

then to

> come back to AA if it doesn't work out. That advice is found in

the Big

> Book. The guy I argued with said that he tells people to try

controlled

> drinking if they aren't sure. Then he claimed that aren't real

alcohlics.

> I asked him how he can be sure not to tell the " real alcoholics "

not to try

> the controlled drinking, since this would be very dangerous. He

still

> hasn't replied.

>

> Chris

I agree that " experiment " is one of the dumbest things in the

Big Book. I consider myself an alcoholic, yet I know damn well I

could walk into a bar and have one drink and walk away. I could

probably do that for several months, just to " prove " something to

myself. But eventually I'd be back to binges and blackouts. Matter of

fact, the last time I started drinking again, after about 14 years of

abstinence, that is exactly what happened.