Recovery Without Meetings
Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Arizona, USA
Posts: 1,598
I love meetings and I grow so much from making them a priority in my life. I love the people that I meet, the things I learn, giving back, sharing my story, and staying sober. I do two meetings a week as a matter of routine and I add sometimes when it feels right.
AA for me isn’t as much about staying sober as it used to be. Now it is more about growing as a person and I love the program for that. I don’t have a sponsor at the time and I’m not looking for one. What I am doing now works for me and I couldn’t imagine my life without AA or meetings.
As it relates to you, I’d just say keep an open mind. I have sworn off AA many times in the past because it didn’t “work for me” or I simply wasn’t willing to do all of the things my sponsor asked of me. Today my program is my own and I like it.
AA for me isn’t as much about staying sober as it used to be. Now it is more about growing as a person and I love the program for that. I don’t have a sponsor at the time and I’m not looking for one. What I am doing now works for me and I couldn’t imagine my life without AA or meetings.
As it relates to you, I’d just say keep an open mind. I have sworn off AA many times in the past because it didn’t “work for me” or I simply wasn’t willing to do all of the things my sponsor asked of me. Today my program is my own and I like it.
Community Greeter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 51,569
Glad to have you here, Drizzy. 
I drank 30 yrs. & in the end I was completely dependent on it - every day drinking. Using just SR & some books I found the strength & motivation to get free. I've been sober for 13 yrs. AA can be a miracle for some, so I respect it greatly.
Congrats on your 10 mos. sober! That's wonderful.
I drank 30 yrs. & in the end I was completely dependent on it - every day drinking. Using just SR & some books I found the strength & motivation to get free. I've been sober for 13 yrs. AA can be a miracle for some, so I respect it greatly.
Congrats on your 10 mos. sober! That's wonderful.
Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NC
Posts: 1,737
If you work your program on a daily basis and remain honest, open and willing that's a solid program in my experience. If ever you feel it's not enough, AA will be there if you need it.
AA helped get and keep me sober, but that doesn't mean other ways can't be equally effective. The only wrong program is one that leads you back to the jumping off place.
AA helped get and keep me sober, but that doesn't mean other ways can't be equally effective. The only wrong program is one that leads you back to the jumping off place.
G-Woman
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Mississauga, ON
Posts: 979
As trite as it sounds, there’s no one-size-fits-all method for recovery. If what you’re doing is working, what is there to feel guilty about?
I’ve been sober over two years and I do not attend meetings. I used to go to AA quite frequently, but it did not keep me from drinking. That’s not a knock on meetings - it just wasn’t for me.
I’ve been sober over two years and I do not attend meetings. I used to go to AA quite frequently, but it did not keep me from drinking. That’s not a knock on meetings - it just wasn’t for me.
Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Posts: 31
Originally Posted by Mizz 
Your path is yours alone and your sobriety and how you successfully navigate sobriety is yours alone. There are so many different roads to walk as life is not the "one size fits all" kind of thing. I encourage you to stand firm in the decisions that you are making for yourself and to own the power of your life. You are doing well. Keep doing well. Do not let others get into your head about what and how you should or should not be living. YOU GOT THIS! Congrats on your sober time. Keep moving forward!
Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 1
Originally Posted by nez
Going to meetings will not keep me sober. Non-attendance will not get me drunk. The chief danger is what is between my ears. I use many different tools to help me with that danger and they seem to be working.
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