Recovery Outside of Mutual Aid Groups

For me, my recovery pathway is littered with an array of strategies and tools pulled from a variety of resources. It has included psychotherapy, mentorship, reading, online support, sponsorship, spirituality, self-help seminars, volunteerism, relationships with other people in recovery, exercise, relationships with people outside of recovery, time spent in nature and past mutual aid involvement. It is eclectic and ever-evolving, and it has allowed me a life of freedom and without limitations. My recovery has allowed me to attend weddings, funerals, graduation and birthday parties. It has allowed me to be a member of the larger community and not live confined to smaller segments of the community. It has allowed me the ability to decide what is safe and comfortable for myself and to make healthy decisions. It has allowed me to pursue my education, have the job of my dreams and live a life full of meaning and purpose. My recovery has continued to grow and thrive exponentially despite, and perhaps in some ways even as a result of my own personal mutual aid group disengagement.