Originally Posted by
Ainslie 
I feel like a minority round here because im dealing with my recovery without the 12 steps and it would be good to have some reassurance from people doing their recovery their own way too
A minority + one
I'm going solo too, and so far (day 19) I feel really good about the way things are going.
Everybody's different, and some people may need to
surrender themselves to a greater force which will provide them with the strength to make it through the recovery process. (My theory is that the perceived outside greater force is actually manufactured from within the person who seeks it, but that's another debate).
I prefer to learn what's happening to me physiologically, and how those changes effect my thought processes. This gives me strength; knowing how and why I'm feeling as I do, and it also gives me a heads up as to what is coming next.
I believe it is me, and only me, who will choose to pick up that first drink or to have the strength of will not to.
Murray