TTBABP

Thanks Fandy. Nice to hear from a fellow Jerseyan!

FreeFall

I've been sober since July and am doing it with SR as my main program. I have also been reading a lot, and am incorporating some of the coping strategies from AVRT and urge surfing. I found both of these to be really helpful. SR has been the most help though-the people here are supportive and full of helpful advice. You have to be ready and at a stage where you are recognizing how much negativity alcohol brings to your life. I joined here in 2011, quit for a month or so and never came back until a year later. This time it's sticking, I think because this time I'm more serious.

I believe you can do it on your own without physically going to meetings but that doesn't work for everyone. I think you do have to have something that educates you and keeps you moving forward. There is no magic wand.

Fandy

Go Rutgers!

TTBABP

Right on Fandy - I am a Rutgers girl through and through college & post graduate!