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Why is Mayo making me go to AA?
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I had to look at some meetings online for the hospital I was at I wasn’t sure why I was a casual drinker but that wasn’t the reason for a transplant, it just fills in a couple of their boxes, the meetings are depressing I never was one of those disasters but I played along got my new liver and never watched another one again. I know that AA works for some but it’s doesn’t have a great compete healing rate.
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@pgruetz You're right, AA does work for some people. It takes a lot of rigorous honesty from the individual for a successful outcome.
It's not unusual for our medical teams to have certain requirements prior to a procedure, in this case a liver transplant. They want to ensure success as much as possible. Someone I know was slated for transplant but was placed on an inactive list due to his non-compliance [quitting drinking and smoking]. Until he took it seriously, he wasn't going to be gifted a second chance.
Ginger