If alcoholism is progressive, is recovery too?
There have been so many threads and polls on SR lately about number of hospitalizations, arrests, DUIs, etcs. we have had because of drinking. It made me wonder.... is there a different recovery path for those of us who have had none of these things happen in our lives.
In other words, does the level of our addictive destruction have an impact on what we need to do to recover? So, if alcoholism is progressive is recovery progressive too?
I have been feeling like I really don't belong here because I am not struggling with not drinking and have never had any external negative things happen because of my drinking. Yet, my recovery is just as vital to me as anyone elses here is to them.
There is a new member here who calls himself an 'amateur alcoholic'. I fit in there too. Is there a forum here for us? Dee helped me find a place for parents of kids with disabilities, is there a forum for people who have had a gentler time of it?
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