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Old 07-23-2012, 03:31 PM
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Stevie1
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In absolutely no hierarchal or any other kind of order...I am using every tool available to me. And I am currently using all of the following.

A therapist very experienced in addiction, once a week
Alcoholics Anonymous several times a week
AVRT
Urge Surfing
Prayer and meditation
This website
Keeping a journal
Exercise and contemplation
Transcandental meditation

Honestly, any one of the above, if attended to diligently, would probably be enough. But after billionty-seben "failed" attempts and in my mid-50s I decided to pull out all the stops and try everything available to me. It's that or I die, and and soon.

I'm a hard-core atheist and non-woo person, but praying (not to a big Daddy in the sky but to collective strength and power) and meditating/being conscious of urges and cravings are probably the most helpful. At this point anyway - about six weeks sober.
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