Posted by Ms. Jones on December 9, 2002, at 8:08:28
In reply to Re: Step right up-12 step groups home pages, posted by Phil on November 28, 2002, at 19:24:57
Hi, I'm new to this message board but I had to laugh when I was reading the messages because I'm in the exact opposite situation. I'm in a 12 Step Recovery program but I think a little therapy is in order but I don't want to go. I have never felt a connection to a therapist before and I don't remember if I ever got anything out of it. So many people I know DO go and it helps them so much. I have things, though, that at this time my 12 Step group is not responsible for helping me with. It has nothing to do with my recovery, in other words. I have applied the principles of my group to this particular problem I'm having and it's just not cutting it. I'm all for therapy but I can't bring myself to get started, and I don't know whom to get started with. But as for the 12 Step group I'm involved with, it has saved my life. I don't know where I would be without it. But had someone told me I needed it, I wouldn't have listened. I don't think that's how things work with mental health (an opinion). Something has to be objectionable to ME before I will address it but at the same time, I have to remain open-minded, which I am not where going into therapy is concerned and I don't know why exactly.
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