Amber Hollingsworth addresses the fear that recovery means meetings forever. After about a year sober, life becomes less consumed by recovery work. She warns against thinking "this time will be different" and says attend meetings as often as you need them.
I think a lot of people in the recovery process get frustrated when they're told you're gonna have to go to meetings forever, or it's all anyone ever wants to talk about it, or their family is like, on eggshells about it forever. If they miss a meeting, it's like, oh my gosh, you're gonna relapse. They get all, like the stares and the smell checks and all the stuff. But we gotta pull that back. Because most people that get sober and stay sober, once you get past that year, Mark, it's not like you're home free. But once you get past that year, Mark, I promise you, your life does not revolve around it anymore. It is not consuming your thoughts. It is not even that tempting for you anymore. It does take a while to get to that point. But as long as you don't convince yourself that this time will be different, you're going to be good. And if you need to go to a meeting every day for the rest of your life to remember that, then do it. If you.
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