Before I write off treatment for the final time I will try one last outpatient here only because it is free while I am hopefully temporarily on Medicaid.
I just came across this thing called natural recovery like without treatment and self-help groups discuss if you like
Honestly tho I don't think anyone gets clean until they choose to for themselves and have had enough.
The challenge of sobriety: natural recovery without treatment and self-help groups
S Burman. J Subst Abuse. 1997.
Natural recovery is a phenomenon that is not understood and largely challenged by self-help group members and professionals working in the field of substance abuse. So strong is the supposition of the process of recovering as a life-long condition that requires treatment and/or a self-help group...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract
Natural recovery is a phenomenon that is not understood and largely challenged by self-help group members and professionals working in the field of substance abuse. So strong is the supposition of the process of recovering as a life-long condition that requires treatment and/or a self-help group for on-going support and rehabilitation that recovery on one's own is given little credence. Yet there is growing empirical evidence that natural recovery not only exists, but may be more prominent than is currently recognized. This article presents a study of natural recoverers from alcoholism and problem drinking, reporting their subjective motivating factors and strategies of recovery, while examining an issue of which there is still limited data--the perceived changes since abstaining, i.e., how their lives have been altered by pursuing abstinence on their own. It concentrates on rich narrative data to explore the meaning of the change experience that can be applied to various addictions, for the purpose of illuminating novel approaches that have the potential for expanding practice techniques and forums, thereby enhancing its effectiveness.