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Podcast: Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Episode: Mini Series 13 - The Four Pillars
Description: There are four pillars to recovery, and they are: don’t drink or use (between meetings), go to those meetings (several times a week, at least at first) get a sponsor (and follow his or her advice) and work the 12 steps.“Don’t drink or use between meetings.” This is harder than it sounds, but it became easier for an ex-drunk like me to understand when it was pointed out that the more frequently, I attended meetings, the less time and opportunity there was to go pick up that first drink.Meetings serve as a school for learning how to li...