WHOSE FAULT IS IT?

[Cynical Ninja]

NA and AA were not for me. Shit got old, very quick. That is not to say that there arent some kickass folks in there who are committed to being sober. The one meeting I found palatable was a small group, with folks that had a lot of years of sobriety. These guys would be there for you at the drop of the hat if one needed some help. However, once you listen to the same stuff over and over again, the shit gets old. Plus, the step program just wasnt my cup of tea, and I generally think it's crap. Works for a lot of folks though.

To answer your question HotD, I would think it's best for folks trying to kick a habit to hang around addicts that have had years of sobriety, not weeks, or months. These guys/gals have been there and done that. To add to that...many of my golfing buddies drink like fish...I still hang with them, and have had no issues at all refraining from drinking the typical 10 beers I would during a normal round. Where I think I would struggle a bit would be at parties and the like, where the whole evening would be about everyone drinking and having a good time. For me, I need to stay away from that shit.....not that I couldnt handle it, but hell...why put myself through it?

I would be genuinely interested to read about how you became a crack addict in the first place.

Were there gateway drugs that led you to crack? Did you get into crack because of hanging out with the wrong crowd?, were you trying to escape an earlier trauma in life? When did you realise you had to stop?