i would like some opinions about avtr
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i would like some opinions about avtr hi everybody hoping all having a good day in sobriety/no drugs.
I read about avrt last night and in my way of seeing what they say is that
AA , and all others treatment are not good that they are the only solution.
any body has a different perspective...
today I'm sober moving to a new place tomorrow, tonight a meeting to my home group life is coming back to me to bad the price was to lose my wife.
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Each recovery method has a different theory or steps, but whats most important is finding one that works for you. The Secular connections forum here has a lot of info and people who share about AVRT, as well as many others.
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I'm not sure what you read, but people get sober by many different means. AVRT appeals to some. But it takes a certain amount of self inititive that some folks don't have or struggle with. I think AA works for people who benefit from being guided by a time-tested process.
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If you read Rational Recovery AVRT certainly comes across that way. I never liked that about it though I do credit AVRT with keeping me sober (along with SR of course 
). I took issue with that but was informed that the method was designed for people who had been in and out of AA for years and couldn't stay sober, so therefore a certain amount of deprogramming is necessary. I never went to AA before reading RR so felt like that part of the book was just needless AA bashing. I think it would be helpful to have an AVRT publication aimed at people who are new to recovery. I find the fact that it only really exists in opposition to something else as pretty sad. I have managed to make it work for me though, even with attending a few AA meetings too. I take a more ecumenical approach to recovery
). I took issue with that but was informed that the method was designed for people who had been in and out of AA for years and couldn't stay sober, so therefore a certain amount of deprogramming is necessary. I never went to AA before reading RR so felt like that part of the book was just needless AA bashing. I think it would be helpful to have an AVRT publication aimed at people who are new to recovery. I find the fact that it only really exists in opposition to something else as pretty sad. I have managed to make it work for me though, even with attending a few AA meetings too. I take a more ecumenical approach to recovery
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