We all have to stop eventually, why wait any longer?

"Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself, we surely have no monopoly.Yet is is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Foreword To Second Edition, pg.xxi~

AA is not, regardless of what it's members tell you, the only way to get clean and sober. It is the best way to get started and stop the madness, in my opinion though. It got me out of the old habits and with people who wanted to live a different, more peaceful, way. It is EXTREMELY frightening to go to that first meeting, especially if you go alone. But rest assured, everyone there will know how it feels, what you are feeling, because they have been there themselves. Once you get onto solid ground then you can spend some time looking at other options while you 'work' your program.