I love recovery elevator. I listen to their podcast. I haven’t paid to go to their events or anything like that just yet but I probably will eventually when I’m a little further along in my recovery.
In my town, Spokane, WA, we have recovery community centers. Most are peer ran. Recovery Cafe (my fave) & Peer Spokane just to name a couple. They support ALL pathways to recovery. They have groups you can attend and are NOT facilitated like 12 step at all.
Search your area for recovery community centers. They are lifesavers.
I LOVE Refuge Recovery. Their meditations online are powerful. They healed me
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-SMART Recovery (Scoence-based, no spirituality at all)
-Recovery Dharma (based on Buddhist teachings and principles)
Not many SMART meetings where I am, but they have a lot of online meetings.
I can't find any Recovery Dharma meetings near me, but if you already have a firm grasp on yoga and meditation techniques, it may be the way to go.
TLC! I am loving it. The Luckiest Club. Online. It costs $22 a month. I balked at that at first. But I would drink that in a day. No dogma. They have like 5 meetings a day and smaller groups by location or situation. I am Christian. But 12 years failing at AA….had to do something different. No AA disrespect. Helped so many people. I actually look forward to these meetings. After AA I generally drank. Getting numbers is much easier. There is a free trial and you can cancel anytime. Food for thought.
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Read “quit like a woman” by holly whitaker
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She Recovers (online FB group) is another good resource.
Look up smart meetings
This is exactly how I felt, I’ve been in and out of sobriety for almost 7 years now…but once I realized I was only taking from it the negative things I was noticing I realized it wasn’t the program, it was how I programmed my brain…when you go to the grocery store you don’t look through the isle’s and go “the majority of this store has foods I don’t like, so I’m not going to go to grocery stores anymore” you pick what you like to eat and leave the rest, it’s the same with most things in life
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I am so glad you had the courage to say something.
I absolutely honor AA and what it has done for people, but it is not my path. And honestly the research does not support the efficacy either. I loved the book Quit Like a Woman. She found her own path and tribe that worked for her. She practices meditation and yoga and found her connection there. I am still working on my tribe as I moved to another city and connection is important. I have seen Phoenix Recovery and Dharma Recovery which seems interesting, but I have not tried it yet. Also I have found Womens hiking groups that also seem interesting on Facebook. Part of recovery is the journey. Thank you for sharing.
There is another way to recovery. The Phoenix has events both scheduled and taped to get me in touch with myself and my spirituality. Spirituality isn’t religion. It is a way of life that helps me to keep growing. I can get that from AA/NA or many other avenues. If I compare myself to others I will compare myself out of recovery. I need to look for similarities not differences.