Need advise: AA vs IOP vs Doing it yourself
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Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: SoCal
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Originally Posted by MagnumCat 
- IOP booked, deposit paid and papers signed.
- Rational Recovery book ordered from Amazon.
For the first time, I'm actually going to follow through on this!
- Rational Recovery book ordered from Amazon.
For the first time, I'm actually going to follow through on this!
I like the idea of adding some AA into the mix. It didn't speak to me, but like Less it helped in early sobriety by allowing me to be around others in recovery, some for a very long time.
Do it all, and enjoy the challenge!
Self recovered Self discovered
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 5,148
You CAN do this, Magnum. And the degree of difficulty is completely up to you. For example, there are many substance addicted women who become pregnant, and quit immediately. Somehow continuing in their addiction is a line they will not cross. They see immediately that they can drink or have a healthy pregnancy but not both.
You can draw this line too, for whatever reason works for you. For me, the line was I deserve to have a life without the sadness and shame and guilt and depression and anxiety. I could drink, or I could have a life I deserved to have, but I could not have both.
So I quit thirty years of drinking, at the end it was a bottle of vodka every day. I quit seven years ago now, and I quit once. Done.
You can quit too, forever, and for good. Are you ready to make that plan about ever drinking again? I think you deserve it, too.
You can draw this line too, for whatever reason works for you. For me, the line was I deserve to have a life without the sadness and shame and guilt and depression and anxiety. I could drink, or I could have a life I deserved to have, but I could not have both.
So I quit thirty years of drinking, at the end it was a bottle of vodka every day. I quit seven years ago now, and I quit once. Done.
You can quit too, forever, and for good. Are you ready to make that plan about ever drinking again? I think you deserve it, too.
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 674
Hey there. 5 mos here. I think my plan is still evolving, but I'll share what seems to be working for me-
I've explored a lot. I hit AA on and off though I have to admit I'm not a strict or super formal about working the steps. I may in time. I may not. I think they are all very valuable and wouldn't discourage anyone from working them.
I'm very much into AVRT. Of all the formal stuff out there this appeals to me greatly.
I'm enrolled in IOP, have been since May. I'm seeing a lot of positive come out of it. Mine is one on one therapy. Some may prefer group. For me I can get my group needs by hitting an AA meeting. The one on one lets us get under the hood more.
My plan is kind of evolving into a hybrid sort of deal and I'm enjoying the different perspectives each brings to the issue. Of late I've been realizing how important it will be for me to - in the intermediate and long term - stay tethered to something and be available to give back. Not just to help, but to keep me from ever forgetting what this thing is. I suspect I'll end up largely with AVRT at the core - I prefer the simplicity and the rationality of it - and use AA and/or other groups to occasionally but routinely keep myself tethered so I don't forget.
Knowledge is power. Best to you-
B
I've explored a lot. I hit AA on and off though I have to admit I'm not a strict or super formal about working the steps. I may in time. I may not. I think they are all very valuable and wouldn't discourage anyone from working them.
I'm very much into AVRT. Of all the formal stuff out there this appeals to me greatly.
I'm enrolled in IOP, have been since May. I'm seeing a lot of positive come out of it. Mine is one on one therapy. Some may prefer group. For me I can get my group needs by hitting an AA meeting. The one on one lets us get under the hood more.
My plan is kind of evolving into a hybrid sort of deal and I'm enjoying the different perspectives each brings to the issue. Of late I've been realizing how important it will be for me to - in the intermediate and long term - stay tethered to something and be available to give back. Not just to help, but to keep me from ever forgetting what this thing is. I suspect I'll end up largely with AVRT at the core - I prefer the simplicity and the rationality of it - and use AA and/or other groups to occasionally but routinely keep myself tethered so I don't forget.
Knowledge is power. Best to you-
B
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