Why get a good support group? A support group can call you on your own nonsense. Support groups can help you when you're down, help you get through the tough road ahead, and be there to run ideas by. A slogan often thrown around in the rooms is "first thought wrong". However, for me, I often find that my first 3 thoughts are wrong. But, the way I get through that is by constantly voicing my ideas to other people to get outside opinions. I've accepted my minds diluted with the disease of addiction. Therefore, I've accepted most ideas and conclusions that I come to by myself are usually false or at least distorted. When I run my ideas by a support group of good people I become aware of where my mind is playing tricks on me.
Another great reason to get a support group is to have more opportunities to help people. In order to stay sober I know I need to give away what I've received so freely. Everyone struggles. And, when you have a good support group around you not only do you have people that can get you through tough situations, you get a chance to help other people with their problems. For me, helping others is a sure way to get out of myself and I find that's usually my problem, I'm absorbed in myself.
Support groups also help you feel sane and normal. Many times I've been in situations where I felt alone and felt that I was going through something no one else could possibly relate to. However, when I talked about my situation to my support group almost all of them had been through the same thing or were going through it at the time.
Recently, I've found myself in my head and that's never a good place to be. Staying in or out of your head could be the difference between life or death for an alcoholic. Luckily, I've been relying on my support group to keep me sane and they really do help restore my sanity on a daily basis. I am so grateful for my support group I don't know where I would be without it
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