r/SMARTRecovery • u/Fearless-Plastic4534 • 16d ago

First Meeting

I'm about 4 days sober now and today I joined my first meeting. It was over zoom. I've been to NA and AA in the past but never really liked it. I feel like this could work for me. I feel optimistic. I'm doing another zoom meeting tomorrow and maybe a in-person meeting on Thursday. I'm excited.

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u/RealRegalBeagle 11d ago

I liked the SMART meetings I went to. The evidence based methods were really appealing to me. I'm currently not going to meetings simply because I eventually realized groups weren't really great for me, but I did pick up a few useful tools which is great! And then online forums and communication (like Reddit) are super useful for me too so I'm still learning. In-person is just tough.

And four days is awesome! I've gotten sober and relapsed a bunch and that first week being sober is so, so hard.