| You know when I was having my outgoing interview from detox my counselor asked me if I was going to go to AA, I told him yes and I would get a sponsor but there was no way I could do 90 meetings in 90 days, I worked full time, was married and had kids!! He asked me to promise him that I would spend as much time on AA and recovery as I did drinking, because that is what it was going to take. Well he had me there!!!! I easily did 90 meetings in 90 days and the amazing thing was I actually spent more time with my family then I did when I was drinking!!!
My experience was that in early sobriety I had to spend as much time or more time working on my recovery then I did drinking, it has worked for 20 months now.
Since I no longer spend any time drinking I do go to only 3-4 meetings a week, the idea behind AA is to learn to live life on lifes terms sober, not to spend the rest of my life going to meetings every night.
Do not get me wrong, I will always go to meetings if for nothing more then to hold out my Experience, Strength, & Hope to other alcoholics who may need it and to continue to learn from others Experience, Strength, & Hope. |