Originally Posted by bumble

I went to a bunch of sessions on drug abuse - identifying triggers, cost-benefit analysis, developing strategies, relapse prevention, etc. - a while back and my drinking ESCALATED. And stayed escalated. Did anyone else find this?

I'd come out of the sessions, and all I could think about was drinking. And how ashamed I was of my drinking. And how I wanted a drink. Perverse, I know, but there it is. A CSO suggested I attend meetings and I don't want to. My reasoning is: I tried that. It made it worse. Why would I do that again?

I'm not looking for validation, for someone to tell me I'm "right" in this argument (said CSO and I have broken up, so we will never have this discussion again), I just wanted to know if anyone else had a similar experience and, if so, what they tried instead.