how hard was it for you to work your steps?
I am stuck on step 2
any suggestions?
2006-09-09 07:45:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
First of all I would like to say that AA is not the only way. In fact it is sort of like a cult. They brainwash you into thinking they are the answer, and they try to make you think the way they do.
My boyfriend is a recovering addict and has been through AA, NA, and never changed. It was when he just realized that his addiction was a part of a bad aspect of his life. He didn't feel as if he was hopelessly going to be an addict for the rest of his life. He realized that if he stopped, he wouldn't be one anymore.
He also read this book called Rational Recovery and really found it to be helpful. I suggest educating yourself on the psychology of addiction. The mental aspects and biological causes it has. You are probably using drugs as a treatment for something else. You probably have some mental illness that you have been using the alcohol to mask. Alcohol gets rid of anxiety so maybe that is why you have been drinking it. AA discourages the use of medications which is something I have a big problem with. Sometimes medication is nessary to help you feel normal if you have a real chemical imbalance in your brain.
I personaly don't like AA because they try and force you to believe in a God, pray to him, and work their 'steps' like a robot. Everyone is different and it might not work for them. All of the focus on the addiction will not help you get over it. I mean, it will almost make you feel like a hopeless addict and that you will always need to go to their meetings.
Anyway I hope that I will be of help to you because those stupid steps are probably not the way to recovery. Don't let them brainwash you into being one of their cronies, in the end, AA doesn't even have a good recovery rate.
2006-09-09 08:56:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
after 22 1/2 yrs I am still working the steps. I believe you work the steps all through your sobriety. Its been hard sometimes but well worth it. Just keep at it, keep it simple and it will work itself out. Not all days are going to be good days but the good days will come more often then the bad days as time goes on. Someone said to me once " it will be fine in the end, if its not fine its not the end." Good Luck
2006-09-09 07:59:24 · answer #2 · answered by Pat M. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been awhile since I have worked the steps! The only advice I can give is to take your time but still get it done. It is the hardest thing you will ever do because the steps really ask us to look within ourselves, and admit to others, but once you get through the steps, you will be glad that you did! Hang in there! I know it is hard, but YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
2006-09-09 08:26:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi fellow addict. My guy and that i have been sparkling now for 2 years and a pair of months and that i nevertheless have occasional desires. If drugs were as a lot of your existence as they were ours, fix will be a lifelong conflict. dangle in there, you 2 receives by this, basically be honest with one yet another about your desires and cravings and help each others sobriety. Alot of your concern of him utilising back resolves round your own uncertainty. sturdy success and stay sparkling.
2016-11-25 22:17:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of recovering addicts out there!
What are you stuck on, on step 2
There is also a 12 step programme online called
Overcomers_through_Christ
here is the link
if you are interested
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Overcomers_through_Christ
2006-09-09 08:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to find a sponsor
they will help you work your steps
go to different meetings and speak I am sure someone will help you out
remember the newcomer is the most important person
2006-09-09 07:52:14 · answer #6 · answered by kimberly B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not to the recovering part yet
2006-09-09 07:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by Beavis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First put out the blunt.
2006-09-09 07:57:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋