Why I STOPPED alcohol
Addiction and substance use disorders are often misunderstood. Some people believe continuing to use drugs even when they cause harm is a sign of weakness or poor character—but that’s far from the truth.
Many years of research show that substance use disorders are complex, chronic, and treatable medical conditions that involve changes in our brains. Researchers think it works like this:
Our brains have what scientists call a “reward system.” Behaviors that help us survive and stay healthy produce small increases in naturally occurring brain chemicals called “neurotransmitters” in parts of the reward system related to pleasure.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a global, peer-led mutual aid fellowship begun in the United States dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. AA’s Twelve Traditions, besides stressing anonymity and the lack of a governing hierarchy, establish AA as free to all.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA), founded in 1953, describes itself as a "nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem." Narcotics Anonymous uses a 12-step model developed for people with varied substance use disorders and is the second-largest 12-step organization, after 12-step pioneer Alcoholics Anonymous.
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