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==History==
Moderation Management was founded by Audrey Kishline, a problem drinker, who did not identify with the [[disease theory of alcoholism]] finding that it eroded her [[self-confidence]]. Kishline found that she could moderate her drinking with the help of [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] principles and in 1994 created Moderation Management as an organization for non-dependent problem drinkers to help maintain moderate alcohol use. MM maintains, however, that it is not for all problem drinkers; that there are some drinkers for whom abstinence will be the only solution.<ref name="HUMPHREYS2004">{{Cite book|last=Humphreys |first=Keith |title=Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions |year=2004 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-79277-6 |chapter=Chapter 2: An international tour of addiction-related mutual-help organizations: Moderation Management |pages=70–73}}</ref>
Kishline had asked many [[Mental health professional|professionals]] for advice while she was establishing the fellowship, including psychologist [[Jeffrey Schaler]], who wrote the foreword for the first edition of the book, ''Moderate Drinking,'' used in the organization and served on the original board of [[trustee]]s for MM.<ref name="SCHALER1994">{{Cite book|last=Schaler |first=Jeffrey A. |title=Moderate Drinking: The New Option for Problem Drinkers |chapter=Foreword |publisher=See Sharp Press |editor=Kishline, Audrey |year=1994 |edition=First |chapter-url=http://www.schaler.net/Kishlineforeword.htm}}</ref>
==Methodology==
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