Originally Posted by
Watchful 
I need help and I don't know where to go, except to an AA meeting. The problem is, I don't want a sponsor. I don't want to "work the steps" and admit powerlessness... But I want to be sober. And I feel totally alone. I know if I go to AA I'll hear the same old tired cliches and I am just not in the mood.
OK, you don't want to go to AA. If not AA, though, are you willing to try anything else at this point? It isn't the only game in town, and even if it is the only thing available locally, it isn't the only thing available online. AVRT can be done without meetings, and SMART has online meetings and its own forum, for example. LiferRing also has an online forum.