I invite you to check out a conversation I'm having with a couple of alanons here and here about "alcoholism".
See if you can spot the unrecovered one;
http://www.city-data.com/forum/mental-health/909779-alcoholism-4.html#post23501822
Alcohol Recovery Blog... Well, not so much any more. I've lost all of my support over the last several years obviously. Nobody wants to go head to head with the Anti/XAers anymore. Seems that most have jumped off of the A.A. "bandwagon" all together. I've lost my resolve as well. Still sober 20+ years though. So there is that.