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In reply to the discussion: Ugh! The weekend! [View all]

bif

(25,902 posts)
10. Whatever works for you!
Sat Apr 30, 2022, 08:02 AM
Apr 2022

My family did an intervention on me about 3 1/2 years ago. I went into a rehab center. During my stay i attended all sorts of meetings including AA, SMART, and Recovery Dharma. I related to SMART and have been attending their meetings ever since. We have a good bunch of folks here in the Detroit area. Very supportive! I'm also interested in Recovery Dharma since I can relate to the Buddhist philosophy. I may check a local meeting of that out.

One of the things I like about SMART is if you mess up, you don't start over. The analogy they make is if you're driving from NYC to LA and you get a flat in Toledo, you don't go back to NYC and start over. You fix the flat and keep going. If you fall off the wagon, you use tools you've learned and keep on going. There's no shame in failing. We're all humans.

Anyway, enough of my yacking.

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Ugh! The weekend! [View all] bif Apr 2022 OP
Perhaps you could reach out RainCaster Apr 2022 #1
I'm not an AA type person bif Apr 2022 #2
Using AA Timewas Apr 2022 #3
I really don't need a lecture. bif Apr 2022 #4
Sorry Timewas Apr 2022 #5
Didn't mean to be snippy. bif Apr 2022 #6
No lecture was intended, just a suggestion about looking for some friends RainCaster Apr 2022 #7
Yes Timewas Apr 2022 #8
Same here. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2022 #9
Whatever works for you! bif Apr 2022 #10
Hang in there...No Matter What. How you do so...Not important to me. Just "Hang In There" Stuart G May 2022 #11
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