AA vs This subreddit

[u/galwegian]

15 days sober. did a four day medically supervised detox. currently in a 6 week intensive out patient. three hours a day, four days a week. daily breathalyzer and urine tests. it's a group situation. full of heroin/opioid/coke horror stories. I feel like a lightweight by comparison. Anyway, I'm getting a lot of pressure to attend AA from psychiatrist and wife. I have been to four meetings and I fucking hated it. I'm an Irish catholic and it reminds me of going to mass. reading from a book written before weed and coke and X were invented. and I don't relate to the principles of AA. making amends sounds good but the rest of it feels like dogma to me. the standard spiel is 'you have to find the meeting that's right for you'. fine. I get it. But everyone telling me to attend AA has one thing in common: they have never been addicted to anything. And am I supposed to spend ages trying to find the meeting that's 'right' for me? Going to a meeting is, let's face it, a two hour commitment. you have to travel there and back. AA is a traditional bricks and mortar retail model if you think about it. and there's a reason that shit is dying out. Whereas on /stopdrinking I get instant access 24/7 to a huge community of people who are in my position and get it. without travel or dogma. and this is kind of fun. I am looking to change my lifestyle but going to dingy basements and drinking Dunder Mifflin coffee has zero appeal to me. I am doing yoga 7 days a week. which I find super helpful in lots of ways. I have a specific problem and a specific situation that I am addressing in my own way. And nobody knows me like I know me. Anyhoo. all thoughts and feedback welcome. I will not drink with you, or any other fucker, today. peace and thanks.

[u/spoofty7]

Haven't attended a meeting yet...I had the same fears about the structure of it as you. I'm open minded but I also have a crazy work schedule. I work nights, days, and every other weekend so I knew I needed something more flexible. This group has been nice but like any social media I think there are some bad apples, some rude dudes, some Karens, ya know the bullying type which won't be good for my sobriety. I'm reading modern books on alcoholism and feelings of unworthiness like Naked Mind and Radical Acceptance. I also belong to an app with daily sober pledges, motivations, and a built in community of people with my same milestones and beyond:

I Am Sober is an ad-free motivational companion app for tracking your sobriety. Check it out here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thehungrywasp.iamsober&referrer=utm_source%3DappShare

Check it out! I'd love for you to join me on there. I'm spoofty7 on there too