recoveredtoday

All very good points

My message was less a general response

Vs a note to any struggling HNs that 12-step shouldn't be dismissed out of hand

My upbringing, education, peers, research into the data generally would have had me write off AA

Glad I didn't and gave it a try (after trying many other things)

Guy checking in here that was super skeptical of AA, tried everything else including minimization, psychology, etc.

10 years sober today as a direct result of finally surrendering my ego and walking into the room and giving it a try.

From my "class" I'd say about 25 - 30% of us have made it to this milestone so far.

No two people are built the same is the truth, if you've tried and failed elsewhere don't be dissuaded to try it.

Thank you for passing this along!

I am 7 years sober via the AA path after trying just about everything else.

I really, really didn't want to go into an AA room the first time and even when I mustered the courage to try it I almost drove out of the parking lot :).

The decision to walk into the room changed my life.

There are many paths to recovery but if you are at a point or have questions you would like to ask privately please reach out to me anonymously.

I set up an email [email protected] to go with this anon account.