Author: mrssky
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:59 pm
I’m so glad I found this tread. I just asked someone in aPM if they thought meetings were neccessary for recovery. I only went to one and it was AA/NA mixed. I hated it. People just said,,hi my name is — and im a —addict. Maybe it was a bad group, but I don’t understand how that helps people stay clean. I do see a counselor and it is a big help. She usually gives me "homework" . That is what I need. To work on "me" and coping skills. Having a plan if I feel a trigger or a craving. How to think first, feel second act third. Instead of a the other way around. For me I really see the need for the counseling and I think I have a good counselor..But I have definitley read how NA or AA saved someones life. I think it is just an art to find out what works for each person. We are all individuals and each persons program needs to be individual. Not everyone has the same learning style, some are visual, some are auditory, and some are kinestetic, so learning how to stay clean is the same way..Some need AA/NA some need therapy, some need suboxone, some don’t ….Just DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU…AND KEEP DOING IT. Although I am curious if I found another group if I would like it. I sometimes feel like I need to be doing more. Sometimes, I wish I were in NA and had a sponsor to talk with. I don’t have that. I only have my counselor and this forum for support..()well and my family, but try as they might they don’t all get it).
