There are also telephone and internet meetings available.
There are many paths for alcoholics to find sobriety, from going to a treatment program, which usually directs the alcoholic to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for maintenance, to toughing it out on their own. However, the result of the “alcoholism self-treatment plan” is often either a sober alcoholic bully, meaning someone who thinks and acts the same, but just doesn’t drink, or someone who develops another form of addiction, such as workaholism, extreme religious views, or any number of other compulsive behaviors.