The Discovering Alcoholic is an online community built on the premise that the road to recovery is not a dead end; ... more

The Discovering Alcoholic is an online community built on the premise that the road to recovery is not a dead end; that there is more to recovery than waking up every morning and saying to the mirror that you are an alcoholic or have an addiction. Instead the road to recovery can lead to a freeway of discovery, where the knowledge of the addiction, its effects and how we deal with them can be used as empowering knowledge to better ourselves and the lives of others.

We invite all to visit and participate; those actively drinking or using but looking for help, those new to sobriety, veterans of recovery, and the family, friends, and coworkers who are also greatly affected are all welcome. If you have questions, please ask. If you have answers, please share. If you would like to pass on information for reference by the community or helpful links you can submit these for inclusion into the site’s library.

But most of all, we ask that you share your story with others so that none wil