someonelikeyou0

Hey guys, I went to rehab in very early January of this year. This is my first time in treatment. I am an alcoholic. I don't have any experience with any other drugs except for pot maybe 4-5 times. I'm 24. Male.

Anyway, my drinking turned into daily binge drinking after I graduated college in 2012. Spin out of control over the next 2 years and my life became ridiculous and entirely unmanageable. My life equated to self-destruction. This was a daily struggle. The depression that came from it grew to the point where I wanted to die.

So I went to rehab and that has helped me so much. I'm physically healthy again and my head is clear. A few weeks ago I had one drink and then felt awful about it and immediately stopped and I haven't drank since. I don't want to either.

AA wasn't worked for me. In fact, some AA related problems led to that drink. I stopped doing AA and I have absolutely no desire to drink and feel much happier and better about myself than I did whole doing AA.

I would like to get feedback about experiences in recovery and whether or not you found AA wasn't helping so you did something else?

Dee74

Glad to see you back someonelikeyou0

There's many different approaches and methods of recovery around - here's some links to some of the main players including but not limited to AA:

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

I recommend you visit the Secular Connections forum if you think you may benefit from a non 12 step approach.

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KateL

Glad you are doing well. I didn't stick around with AA for that long. There are other modes of recovery. I hope you find one that suits you xxxxx

oak

I'm glad you are doing well. I went to AA off and on. I also tried NA, SMART, LifeRing, Women for Sobriety, and Rational Recovery approaches. They all had benefits and downsides for me. Lots of people get sober without meetings.