So, you’ve probably arrived at this page for a reason, we hope we can help. If you have questions, rest assured, so did we. Many of us have found the answers we seek in Alcoholics Anonymous.

Am I an Alcoholic?

• • Nobody in A.A. is able to answer this question definitively. The only person who is truly able to determine this is you. What we can say, concerning this very personal decision, is that we were all faced with one, if not both, of the following two conditions:
  • “If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.”  Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, page 44, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
  • Only you can decide whether you want to give A.A. a try —whether you think it can help you.
  • Read more in our book: Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 4, Page 44

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