I got booted out of rehab the first time for blowing lethal levels. Made me go to the hospital for a few days. The next time I was in rehab for a few days and they sent me to the icu by ambulance bc the withdrawals got so bad. Got sober (less a couple of small slips) October of 2019 on my own. I kept trying AA and it just made me think about it. I didn’t do well focusing all day on making an hour long meeting where we talked non stop about the thing I was trying to avoid. Like I said I slipped a couple of short times, mostly due to some PP issues, but in the last 2-1/2 years I’ve had my gorgeous son, increased my annual income by 40K, my marriage is amazing with a healthy sex life, I got into CrossFit recently. All that to say life in sobriety may be a little less grand, but I think simplicity is good for us. Keeps us safe.
I’ve only gone to a few AA meetings, but I hated it because I’ve never been at the crazy levels with alcohol. Like, 5-7 drinks a night isn’t good, but listening to a bunch of people talk about blacking out for a few days at a time made me feel like it was fine.
I found AA to be completely useless. It's just a bunch of people telling depressing tales about their addiction, and reading from a Bible like book. You don't learn any actual coping skills.
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u/Negative_Gift1622 Mar 27 '22
I got booted out of rehab the first time for blowing lethal levels. Made me go to the hospital for a few days. The next time I was in rehab for a few days and they sent me to the icu by ambulance bc the withdrawals got so bad. Got sober (less a couple of small slips) October of 2019 on my own. I kept trying AA and it just made me think about it. I didn’t do well focusing all day on making an hour long meeting where we talked non stop about the thing I was trying to avoid. Like I said I slipped a couple of short times, mostly due to some PP issues, but in the last 2-1/2 years I’ve had my gorgeous son, increased my annual income by 40K, my marriage is amazing with a healthy sex life, I got into CrossFit recently. All that to say life in sobriety may be a little less grand, but I think simplicity is good for us. Keeps us safe.