I messed up. I went to my AA meetings and was starting to work on the 12 steps with a sponsor but I screw up way to often..now Im just maintaining my drug use. Keeping myself from getting sick from detox. What should I do?
2006-07-09 16:02:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
You're not alone, many do not respond well to 12step treatment. AA, according to its own internal Triennial Report and several independent studies, has a 5% success rate. Less for those who are also dealing with mental health issues. The National Institute for Mental Health estimates that half of all alcoholics and up to 75% of all addicts have a diagnosable mental heath condition.
There are several other groups that might be of help, SOS, SMART, Women For Sobriety (WFS), are but a few. The truth though, is that 80% of people with drinking problems get sober on their own (at least according to Harvard Medical School studies). There is also Rational Recovery, a method rather than a support group.
Only you can decide if the real reason you're having problems is the group isn't a good fit, or whether you just haven't made the commitment to stop.
2006-07-09 22:22:46 · answer #1 · answered by raysny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well most people don't change until they hit a bottom and bottoms are scary. AA is a wonderful program when you are truely ready, Go to 90 meetings in 90 days call people in the program and read program material like the big book and also some more spiritual things, there a book called sermon on the mount by Emmit Fox that can open your eyes in a big way! I was never more at peace than while I was reading that book! For my husband, bottom was his little brother committing murder while drunk, not accidental either, cold blooded murder with no memory of it. My husband had a bad drinking problem, now over 3 years sober, hes a wonderful man running his own company and living a great life nobody believed he could do it-- not even me! theres always hope like they say 1 day at a time sometimes 1 hour at a time. Good Luck and God bless you in your journey.
2006-07-09 23:25:45 · answer #2 · answered by katie k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋