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Old 01-01-2007, 02:41 PM
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Jersey Nonny
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I have tryed AA and RR, prayed, moved across the country. I need to know how to be sober all I know is drinking all my friends are drinkers...
The move was what we call "a geographic cure"...it doesn't work...because no matter where you go, you take yourself with you.

You say you "tried AA"...but, did you really work it!?! AA tells us, "If you want what we have, and are willing to go to any lengths to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps." Referring, of course, to the 12 Steps of AA...the only way I know of to get/stay sober...I cannot recommend any other method, because it's the only one I ever tried...but, 27 years after the fact, I do know it worked for me.

As young as you are, I'm sure you don't want to hear this from an old fogey...but, you may have to detach from those old drinking buddies, if you ever want to get sober. Give AA another chance...but, wholeheartedly this time...it may very well mean the difference between life and death for you.
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