RECOVERY CARE YOU REALLY NEED IT

[avisg]

I have noticed a lot this week we have had MANY members that have had multiple relapses wanting to know what to do differently to stay clean long term.Its recovery care !!!!!!!! I hear people come up with many excuses as to why that cant do recovery care .Its to expensive they don't like meetings,they don't like therapy .You need to find something!!!!!This forum is great but its not recovery care .I am not saying there is no way you can stay clean for a while without it but honestly your chances are pretty slim for years of sobriety without some type of help.Plz give this gift to your self you deserve it .

[cathy5841]

great post avis.  aftercare is often the difference in success and relapse.  everyone needs and benefits from it.

[avisg]

Steve,
You have tons to offer we all learn from each other .We all grow and figure out on our own time what is going to work for us .I am so happy we have you here to contribute

[steveo30]

it's always good to see you post avis,you always have something positive to say.i myself haven't posted in a few days,i'm feeling so guilty because i know that i'm not doing what i should be,i think that i have alot to offer because i've been around but at times i feel like a hypocrit.there are a few people that i know that offer me advice but there doing the same things that i do,maybe not to that extent but still doing whatever,sometimes i feel like who am i to give advice to someone and then not follow up with my own advice.i really want sobriety,just having a rough start.anyways i am one of these addicts that have had many relapses and i contribute this totally because i never did any follow up (aftercare). still working at it.    steveo

[Batmanmt]

It is simple, if you din't get help in your recovery, you won't make it. I'm sorry if you don't like it, but it is the truth.

[avisg]

lisa ,
no it was not your post we have  several each week .Recovery is just not talked about enough here .We talk about WD ALOT and that's great but then we don't really get into the long term problems with recovery .I managed to go for months before I relapsed I really did not think I would relapse I had the forum and I was eating right exercising things were going great then I hit my first road block with some moderate pain and I of course thought I would be fine I would just use until the pain was under control .That of course not how it worked .I didn't want to keep relapsing so I finaly started seeing someone and it has been the mix for me I have been for almost 600 days .Honesty I don't think I could have do it without recovery care.

[gizzy32]

If I could go back to when I just started getting in trouble I think a counsellor would have done me wonders most to get to the brink of the problem. It does not matter what type of recovery care you choose (N/A meetings, counsellor, etc) it's important to find something that suits you. Chances of success are SO much higher with some help. I was my own shrink for awhile, that is not the way to do it, haha. Good post.

[VicAddict26]

I kinda feel i brought this post on,, i know how important aftercare is,, and if i get to the point that i can't do this the way that i am trying then i will.. i don't plan on relapsing, and i really hope that i don't,, if day comes then i will know that i can't do this with the plan that i have for sobriety,,, thank you for your words of wisdom...

Lisa

[avisg]

It just upsets me when people ask for help when they have relapsed several times but they don't think they need to do anything different to stay clean. Nothing changes if nothing changes .

[dominosarah]

Nice to see an avis post!!!!  You are exactly right too. We have to quit making excuses before any real healing can begin........Aftercare is VITAL!!!!           sara

[MysteryPrognosis]

Kudos. Good post. Thank you.