Hi ElleDee,
I am SO glad to see you here!
I hope this thread doesn't get axed, because I think it does fit the arena where we are touting alternates to group programs.
I've been to AA and there were parts of it that I found really useful, and I took those parts away with me to use them for my own benefit. I just don't thrive with ANY kind of group therapy that tries to fit everyone into the same mold.
I am stubborn and persistent, and I sometimes get in trouble for my big mouth. However, like the bumper sticker says, "Well behaved women seldom make history," a quote attributed to many but actually first said by Laurel Ulrich, an eminent Pulitzer-Prize-winning Professor of early American history at Harvard University.
I now use that as my mantra when I get to making trouble in my life.
Hang in there. You are a strong, intelligent woman. You CAN do what you want in life. I understand you are an artist? An abstract thinker, for sure. AVRT is perfect for you.