honeypig

I asked the same question myself when I was new here. This thread might be useful to you: https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...f-you-can.html (LONG post but appreciate your help if you can)

It wouldn't hurt to read the whole thing, but the one particular post that I saved to my "Wisdom of SR" folder and have passed on to many other members here is the very first one at the top of page 2.

What I've heard around here is that simply going to meetings does not mean a person is in recovery any more than sitting in a garage means that person is a car. Even the not drinking, while obviously an absolutely necessary part of recovery, is not in and of itself actual recovery. There's a lot more to it than that...