Originally Posted by
2bhappier 
II would like to know how those of you who don't go to AA got and stay sober. I know there must be alternatives. I just don't know what they are. I want to keep going to AA but since there are so few meetings in my area it seems like I need all the additional resources I can get.
Thank you.
For me it's been mainly this website that I turn to when I have doubts. You can generally get very quick responses for help in the forums, and there are almost always people in the live chatroom too. Basically you need to somehow interrupt your normal pattern of turning to alcohol by default and using other alternatives to cope with life. Coming here is one option. Calling numbers from your AA group is another. AVRT is a self paced recovery method you can read about here in the secular forum along with others.
Over time cravings become much less pronounced too, how far along are you in your recovery?