Drug Rehabilitation that works

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Question by Sally: do you know any “recovered” sex addict?
this is in regard to another question of mine:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgfuGAhAz9FBa2NemAaa0vzsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081009151148AAxxtmn

i decided to phrase it a little more objectively, rather than asking “do you think a sex addict can recover”, i phrase my question this way – do you know any “recovered” sex addict? this is a yes/no question.

i kind of need assurance that he won’t change, otherwise i might feel guilty for leaving him, because i was raised in a culture where you don’t leave a marriage until you turn no stone unturned to solve your marital problems.

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Answer by Bud T
Nope, but I would like to meet a unrecovered sex addict, a woman sex addict.

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Question by : Have you ever known a recovered sex addict?
just wondering if it is possible

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Answer by Danny
Yes i do it is possible to be a non sex addict!

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Question by curious seattle: My friend is a heroin addict. Where do I go to talk with recovered addicts?

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Answer by megaboo
an drug AAA i dont know what that is called though

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Question by firequeenp: has anyone ever dated an alcoholic and drug addict (recovered), when u have a few drinks & it work out?
i have been talking to this guy and just found out that he is a recovered drug addict/alcoholic. he has been sober for 7 years. he is a great guy and we have alot in common, but i have no experience with someone like this.
i myself, am not a huge drinker, but i do like to have a few drinks when i am out or at a concert or something. also i smoke pot, socially. i would have no problem not doing that around him, but i just wonder if it is even worth it to see where this goes. does a relationship like this have a future?
i don’t want to get my or his hopes up and continue this on if we’re not compatible in the long term because he is sober and i like to have the occasional drink/joint.
like i said i have never dated anyone with any substance abuse problems before, so it just makes me a little nervous. i have dated potheads that don’t drink and drinkers that don’t smoke, but never someone who doesn’t do both, and for that reason (addiction). advice, thoughts, experiences please

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Answer by kandi8366
Wont work, my boyfriend is a recovering alcoholic, and when we started dating I knew that I wouldn’t drink again. I never liked drinking but occasionally I did drink. But since I love him and want to be with him and want him healthy and alcohol free I would never drink. Its the only way a relationship like that would work.

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Question by jae: If you are a recovered meth addict what would you pick as the one thing that has kept you sober?
I had 2 very very very close family members and my only brother in law start meth all within the same year and the 2 close family members stopped on their own without 3rd party help and my brother in law left rehab after 2 months but has learned alot and has stopped meth, cigarettes and even liquor i’m just wondering what we can do as a family to keep everyone sober, hope your answers help, this is the happiest we have ever been and i want it to keep it that way especially for the kids!!

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Answer by muserk24
girls

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Question by packersfan54: Have you recovered from “alcoholism” in a group setting that’s not AA?
I have a feeling that I need to stop drinking for a while. More of a screaming realization. Anyway, I’m an “agnostic” so any method using god doesn’t work for me. I’ve heard of other programs, but not much. Have you ever gone through these programs? Willingly?

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Answer by Helen W.
I am ten years sober. I went to AA for a while, long enough to tell you that it definitely IS difficult to do the AA program if you are agnostic–do not believe the “spiritual not religious” nonsense that they’ll tell you.

I would strongly suggest you look into SMART Recovery. It is a secular program and I did try it for a while after I left AA. Turns out I didn’t need a program anymore at all, as I had been sober for many years. But from what I could tell, it was a very logical and sound program.

Good luck.

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Question by Casey M: my daughter wants to go to a rave should I let her go she is a recovered addict?

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Answer by broc1212
No!

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