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Originally Posted by Jeff070204  What does someone who is sobering up only until he or she feels well enough to drink again get out of 12 Step programs?
I attend AA because drinking is no longer an option for me. Indeed, because the situation I found myself in was one where AA was the ONLY option. But apparently for many of these folks, drinking is still an option. |
Hi Jeff
You're lucky then in a way, or not, depends on how you look at it. When I got to AA drinking WAS still an option - mainly because I did not know or believe about the spiritual and physical malady...I did not know that I was 'allergic' to alcohol - that the mistaken belief that 'this time it would be different" was all part of my addiciton...
about 18 months of coming in and out of AA - a chronic relapser you might call it, although to be perfectly honest, with all those 'relapses' I had never intended to stay sober FOR GOOD (too long!!!) so I did that for 18 months and finally by the Grace of God the penny dropped and I am now almost sober that amount of time! awesome hey - whichever route we choose, for whatever reason we choose is irrelevant - as long as we get to the destination - and the solution~!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your sister in recovery
cathy31
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