The Alcoholic

"Why are you drinking?"demanded the little prince.
"So that I may forget," replied the tippler.
"Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who already was sorry for him.,
"Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
"Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
"Ashamed of drinking!" The tippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery,
The Little Prince,

from 'Under the Influence', Milam & Ketcham (1981,1983)

The link in the title is to SMART Recovery.org meetings in NYC-- a scientifically based recovery program from addiction. It is most definitely NOT a 12-Step program. The home page for SMART Recovery is:
http://www.smartrecovery.org/

*Has MrKen really returned this time? We sure hope so...2008 has been a rough year thus far.