05-07-2025, 09:41 PM
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In a word, yes.
If meetings aren't your thing, you can do all of this (including the 12 steps if you wish) totally on your own.
Some people do well with this, especially if they aren't fans of support group meetings.
In the first edition of the AA Big Book, the last story was from a guy whose mother wrote in saying he had gotten sober doing the steps alone, with no meeting anywhere near. This story was removed from later editions when the overall support-group industry began to grow.
Correspondence. It's faster now with the Internets.
If meetings aren't your thing, you can do all of this (including the 12 steps if you wish) totally on your own.
Some people do well with this, especially if they aren't fans of support group meetings.
In the first edition of the AA Big Book, the last story was from a guy whose mother wrote in saying he had gotten sober doing the steps alone, with no meeting anywhere near. This story was removed from later editions when the overall support-group industry began to grow.
Correspondence. It's faster now with the Internets.
-James, Forum Admin and Founder of SoberLogic 
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Please PM me with any private questions or feedback you may have!