Originally Posted by
deadlydame 
I have a sponsor, go to AA and NA, have my network and work on steps. I relapsed so many times for not listening and not taking seriously the suggestions that this time around, I am making sure to follow them.
Good. My personal standard is, if I substantially interact with at least one other human being every day -- waiters & cashiers & cabdrivers don't count -- I've not shut the world off. So I have permission to shut myself in for the rest of the day.
