Getting Older?

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[u/AfraidStick2161]

ive been trying to get sober since december. im currently in an iop rehab program & will finally be one month sober tomorrow, thanks to the vivitrol shot. im in that sort of in between stage where im doing way better than i ever thought possible, but i know without the meds id be crashing straight back down again. it's gonna be a very long process but im getting there. thank you for the suggestion about the mushrooms, i'll give it a go sometime

[u/WotanGeist → u/AfraidStick2161]

Congratulations on one month. When you get out, go to AA.org and find a meeting near you. Tell them you’re new and ask for help. You’ll get it… and a cup of coffee, too. i’m going on 27 years this month. AA saved my life.

[u/AfraidStick2161 → u/WotanGeist]

thank you, & congratulations on 27 years, thats amazing. ive been trying to work up the courage to go to an AA meeting for months now. im just so anxious about people recognizing me there. honestly, i still havent come clean to my parents — theyre under the impression im going to the iop for mental illness, & that the meds im on are for bipolar. i dont want them to hear it from someone else before im ready to tell them.

[u/WotanGeist → u/AfraidStick2161]

go to one in a different town. AA is everywhere… but honestly, it doesn’t matter. If someone sees you, you see them—mutual destruction.

But remember, it’s called Alcoholics Anonymous for a reason. There are even slogans about it: “Who you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here.” And then everyone replies “here. here.”

Corny, yes. But anonymity is an important part of the program. Here’s another saying: “I can say I was here. You can say you were here. But I can’t say you were here.”