Veterans Substance (alcohol) Group suggestions?

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Originally Posted by speeder

I have two close friends who are vets and sober in AA, all I can say is that he doesn't need any special veterans group to try out recovery. Back in the old days when AA started, everyone was a veteran, WW1. Then for many years, they were all WW2 or Korea. Having been in Viet Nam 50 years ago isn't his problem, booze is....

I agree w others that a DUI doesn't make you an alcoholic, especially not w .08 these days. You could feel perfectly fine and get a DUI. But if he has a booze problem, there is a solution.

Wow Denis - great post.

I've also heard that AA groups "just for cops" or "just for XX" are frowned upon. Not too sure why, but I think it has something to do with co-signing bad behavior. If he goes to a men's stag meeting and he's an alcoholic he will have zero trouble relating.