Introduction

The main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body. If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he will offer you any one of a hundred alibis. And the truth is usually that he has no more idea why he took the first drink than you have. So what is really the program? In my view, in hindsight, it's not starting, really. You don't need strategies or skillful means to stop. You just don't ever pick up the first drink.