Richard, thankyou for your highly optimistic words on this ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY forum for alcohol abuse. Your cynical armchair wisdom is endearing as well as inspiring.
I think it's great that this forum is for people who are looking for non-conventional ways to deal with alcoholism, rather than simply accepting the negativistic mumbo-jumbo of the status-quo. That's why this forum fits so well with the curezone concept. Sometimes the best discoveries require a little experimentation before they are made.
And for those who want the "old school" style, that's why the AA forum exists.