checkmate1

Was wondering what else people have done in regards to staying sober other than AA meetings....Have you gone into some kind of program?......It's nearly the end of day 4 and the public holidays are over tomorrow so would like to look into something different. So let me know what you did after detoxing and what worked for you etc...thankyou.

OklaBH

I never went to detox. I have been going to AA since February. Also face to face, one on one counceling has been beneficial to me.

Dee74

There are other programmes besides AA, if that's a concern checkmate

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...formation.html

I find checking in her daily to SR helps me too

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Hopeworks

XA Speakers http://xa-speakers.org

Lots and lots or reading on the subject

internet research

OklaBH

ooops and SR has been a huge life-line for me! 24/7 support

LaFemme

I do not go to AA although I think it very beneficial for many.

I use SR for my peer support, I have a Life Coach to help get my life straightened out, and I read a lot of self help books and work hard on myself in general. This involves physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.

Designing a program for yourself is a lot of work if you want it to work. It's easier to choose a program that is already set up. Check out Dee's link and see if anything sounds good

Supercrew

My initial plan was based on a visualization technique I learned.

I had a very bad experience with my second to last withdrawal when I decided to quit. I was at my sons All Star baseball game, and I hadn't medicated enough after a huge 2 day bender, and I thoiught I was having a stroke or a heart attack. The thought of dieing at my kids big game scared the hell out of me.

The next day I found this site, and started internalizing the feeling that I had at the ball game. Everytime I thought about drinking I would try to experience that sick feeling I was going through and the feeling I had about embarrassing my son.

While I continued to practice and imagine that daily I started to do these things on a regular basis:

*I worked out for an hour or more a day 6 days a week.

* I did nightly research on this board and on other websites finding out as much as I could about why I drank like I did. I found that brain chemicals, genetics, and past experiences all played a major role.

* I came to this website 20 times a day to read and to post and to learn.

* I started a healthy diet plan and started researching and taking supplements.

* I stopped drinking.

* I got organized.

So that is how I quit and my basic program that I use daily.