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Old 01-02-2020, 05:35 AM
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ciowa
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I've been doing a lot of group work.

In my case, I reasoned I didn't get going on the alcohol path alone so I wouldn't try to get off it alone either. I went to IOP, continuing care and attend at least 1 meeting a week so far. Im fortunate that most of my long term social group, family, friends and colleagues are sober. It was most of my drinking friends who were situational and our "friendship" centered on drinking with very little sober interactions.

I do know quite a few people who just stopped drinking on their own so my whole path through the recovery routes was me having to figure it out a lot on my own at first. Now, in addition to group work I also spend quite a bit of alone time reading and listening to podcasts because I know Im likely to be most tempted when Im by myself with no immediate accountability. So I try to anticipate those things and make sure Im in a good state of mind and also that I deal with stress in a better way.
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