Originally Posted by
BASEjumper 
I agree there's value in sharing, I spent months and months in an OP rehab group, and I found the most value in the mutual support of the group sharing their experiences as we went through the early recovery process together.
I still find value in listening to what others say about recovery, and you can learn as much from a fool as from a sage. But do I care if someone thinks the way I stay sober won't work or is critical of my methodology and my chances? Not one bit. From time to time I get criticism and gloom and doom predictions about how I don't go to meetings and 'work a program'. What they mean is I don't work their program, so I just smile and say thank you.
What I do works for me, and that's what I care about.
I can't learn as much from a fool as from a sage unless I'm the fool, okay?
I do care that others care enough about me to offer whatever to me they may choose. I have learned from my street life that gifts are not always wrapped in a pretty fashion before they are offered, nor do they have to be for my humble acceptance. I am grateful I am not invisible (anymore), you know?
Yes, doing it your way is certainly what you care about. No problemo.
Thanks for sharing, BASEjumper.