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[gyco]

you all probably have seen it,but here in canada there is a new show every week called Intervention,a lot of us are very close and never got to those degees in the stories youll see,but it does give you somthing to watch gyco and good morning all

[bestlifeldms]

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We have it here in the US, too! Scarey as hell! Hard to watch, but it really got my attention!

[Carmac]

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Intervention has been very helpful in showing me what I never want to be. Highly recommend it.

[lucky 2.0]

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Statistics do not support long term recovery from interventions, do they?

[lucky 2.0]

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I would have never ever forgiven anyone involved in an intervention for me and hauling me off to a treatment center. Stats prove 12 step does not work and most rehab centers are 12 step based.

[shelbysmiles]

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Lucky-It would not surprise me. Statistics doesn't support recovery in general. What is it, I believe I read that 50 or 75% will return to using/drinking?

[lucky 2.0]

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Not sure the #'s Shelby but they are low. However, I know you will prove them wrong and be a success. I am pulling for you. I know we all are. I really like the auricular accupuncture that you may get when you go. Are you doing inpatient or outpatient?

[shelbysmiles]

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I'm doing outpatient. I can only imagine what my household would look like if I went to inpatient!

[gyco]

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luCKy;392062 wrote: I would have never ever forgiven anyone involved in an intervention for me and hauling me off to a treatment center. Stats prove 12 step does not work and most rehab centers are 12 step based.

hi lucky i was in a facility this winter they did not do the 12 steps but did recommend it when you left,does it work,for some i presume,but when i got out they tot me more then that to open my heart,somthing i guess i tht iuse to do but didnt thnx for replying gyco

[lucky 2.0]

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Interesting Gyco-

What does opening your heart mean to you? I will have to think about that for me.

[karbihere]

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Lucky I beg to differ with you, twelve step programs work IF YOU WANT THEM TO WORK, YOU GET WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT.....

you really have some nerve writing somthing like this with not even one month of sobriety... you will be back when you fall on your face and maybe change your attitude

[karbihere]

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I dont know about anyone else here but I come here for encouragement and hope not negative and attitude remarks. It saddens me when new people come here for help and understanding looking for answers we read things such as lucky wrote, all we have is HOPE today, and today to make a decision not to drink. obviously again the next post she made opening your heart? well you DS thats why people come here is to open there heart and try and find a solution to there problems and not drinking.

[karbihere]

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shelbysmiles, GOOD FOR YOU !!! dont worry about the house do what you need to do and everything else will fall into place


as far as lucky, who's little sign says healthy is so far from healthy it is SCARY> with an attitude like that she will get NO WHERE FAST... but back to the bottle

[KBCE]

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Personally, and I am only on day 8 AF, so I am only stating MY opinion...I think whatever works best for you is what you should do. I know from my own experience in my family that interventions DO IN FACT WORK and that 12 Step programs DO IN FACT WORK...for SOME PEOPLE. Not all of course, but to generalize is not wise - screw the "stats"..... I didn't get to the point where I needed intervention (there but by the grace of God go I....) but if I was out of control and could not stop myself, I surely would hope someone would give me a big fat kick in my drunk ass - however they could. Hell, if it got to that point I would hope that they would hog tie me and bring me to the nearest treatment facility to get me sober and thinking clearly.

Karbihere - I am with you. We are all here to help each other adn support each other. Not snipe and act holier-than-thou. Just not necessary.

[karbihere]

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KBCE, good for you and your day eight, that is the attitude that I think WE all want to see here, been in out of recovery for years. this time around I have manage to put a year together ( August 3, ) Its been a very rough ride for me and all I really know how to do today is NOT DRINK, as I sit here and write Im I think more pain sober then I was when I was drinking, My seventeen year old son has decided that he knows everything and has ran away back to CA ( I live in Utah ) I have not heard a word from him in over 2 months, I have no idea if he is even alive for that matter. Im angry frustrated and very hurt by this, and every day has been a challenge for me to trust in god ( give my son to god ) and do what I need to do which is stay sober. My life is certainly not perfect, I have to remind my self sometimes on a minute to some times hour basis how far I have come, and what I have accomplished in this year. If I didnt have a lick of sense in my head and was just starting out those comments by lucky would have clearly set the ball rolling again. I have been around this website for a minute now and have truly found this helpful and very loving, and have found that I am not alone and there are other people who are struggling with this deadly thing called ALCOHOL. I do believe in the 12 step program and the book of AA..... I know Bill W didnt just write that book for fun or shitts and grins. It works Im living proof. Good luck to you stick around there are some really wonderful people here with alot of GOOD things, to say and knowledge and experience