Does anyone belong to a twelve step program?

[Phatt Matt s]

One thing that's helpful is having a Sponsor I can call when there is a craving. Also, it can be helpful talking to people about why we drink/use.

There are people who were low life drunks living under a bridge who have 20 - 30+ years sober who can share how they did it.

That's nice, but the bottom line is your results will come from whether or not you truly want to stay clean/sober, and nothing anybody else does can change that. It would probably do you more good to speak to a psychiatrist or a psychologist about the reasons why you drink/use and work with him/her on resolving those issues than simply spilling your guts to random people.

Psychiatrists and mental health professionals often don't know what they're talking about. Some are good.

ussually it is more helpful relating to someone who has been up the same shit creek