Not so crazy about 12-step programs
By 12-step I'm specifically talking about AA.
I really don't resonate with it at all. I think it gets a lot of things wrong and may be more harmful than helpful to my sobriety.
However, the one REALLY good thing I'll say about AA is the community. I'm not gonna find that strong-knit community through SmartRecovery or any of these other ones. AA is the most unified 12 step program there is.
I think I can stay sober going to yoga, coming on SR, going to therapy, taking care of myself, and I don't think I need to get a sponsor or work a program, but I really do need that social connection, so what do you suggest I do?
Because if I hang around AA long enough, people are going to start questioning why I don't have a sponsor and don't work the steps. And they're not gonna like my answer: because I have a better way that works for me.