Originally Posted by
vinepest 
I can't help but think that, for the most part, we're all pretty much on our own if we want to beat our addictions.
I agree at core, but I also think and have seen that
most people benefit from support from other humans, including most of the people who insist they did it all on their own. We never hear from the people who truly did get sober by themselves, they are out there probably in large numbers, but they don't come to places like this, they don't read recovery books, they don't debate fine points of doctrine and dogma on forums or compare and contrast recovery approaches, etc.
Nothing wrong with needing help, and for sure I failed utterly until I accepted help, but it had to be the right kind of help for me.