Posted by ClearSkies on February 24, 2006, at 21:34:01
In reply to Current State of the Organism, posted by James K on February 24, 2006, at 14:21:52
James, I have tried to get sober, detox and stay sober on my own. I wish that if I could have locked myself in a place with adequate food and water, and a place to rest for an extended length of time, that I would have been successful at this approach.
Much to my Shame (such a familiar word to me) I could never get it all together beyond 5 days at a wack, jkust long enough to start feeling really crappy, wracked with cough, chills, congestion, headaches, sweats, diarreah, nausea, to chuck it all away for a cold beer from the fridge, from which I could graduate up to my martini. Gin and glass kept in the freezer so as to minimize the dilution of the solution.Anyway, I thought if I could get this bit over with, then I'd be able to go in to a programme, free of my chemical freeloaders that had been weighing me down, and get to work on learning how to stay sober and learn tools in how to Live sober.
I think we all find the way to get healthy that will work for us. The standard treatment model of Inpatient, Outpatient, 90 meetings in 90 days to become accustomed to the AA principles, and group therapy, didn't work in its entirety for me. I decided to do the "take what you need and leave the rest" cliche to its literal end. I did bits and parts of the programme. Emerged with 45 days of sobriety and secure in the hope that I could maintain this personal record, for another day at least.
I found a specific support group that I fit well in, and continued working with my therapist and pdoc throughout the entire process.
It has worked for me.Just thought that you might get some ideas from hearing about another's experience.
You know you have our collective support, James, and we offer our cyber shoulders to lean upon for support.ClearSkies
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