I want Sobriety - Our Road to Recovery
I want sobriety was started as a web site for persons who are recovering or want to recover from addiction.
It is designed to be a place of resources and information as well as a place to meet and seek others in the same situation.
There is a wealth of information on this site. And I am gathering more every day. Please feel free to make suggestions.
If there is anything you would like to see on this site, please let me know.
Use the "contact me" page to send me an email.
Pages on this site:
Am I addicted? - Take one of the self tests to help you decide. It a first move Recovery posts - Have something to say? Want to know from other recovering persons?
Self Help Links - meeting locators
If there is someone in your life that's addicted - Need help? Check here
Need treatment? Detox, rehab, long term residential suggestions
Essays, poems, stories - about recovery
Recovery literature Online - Don't have the Big Book? You can read it online
Need a recovery Gift, e-card - free site
Recovery Search - Need more information. Do a Google search designed specifically for recovery
Chat and message board - Need to talk with someone? Have something to say? Post it here.
Sign the Guestbook - Let me know you were here. Let me know what you think of the site.
Milestones - Have an anniversary/ AA birthday coming up? Post it here. Allow everyone to celebrate with you.
Recovery Book Store - If you want to read more about recovery or are taking a course on recovery, you can find the book here.
Contact Me - Send me an email. I'd love to hear from you
LINKS - Links that may or may not be Recovery related. These links are part of a link exchange with other web sites. These type links help direct traffic and support the site.
Al-Anon and Alateen
Al-anon and Alateen Web Site English
Al-anon / Alateen Espanol
Treatment Facility Locator
This will take you to the treatment facility locator on this site. I am constantly adding facilities. Please notify me of any that you recommend.
AA/NA LITERATURE ONLINE
AA BIG BOOK ONLINE / NA LITERATURE ONLINE
This link will take you to the page within this site that will direct you to either AA online literature or NA literature in different languages.
Alternatives to 12-step
Alternatives to 12-step
Rational Recovery: An abstinence-based, non-12-Step recovery program with no religious or spiritual content. RR provides orientation in Addictive Voice Recognition Technique, which it developed, and focuses on individual responsibility, personal strengths, and complete recovery. Interested people can also refer to founder Jack Trimpey's book RATIONAL RECOVERY: THE NEW CURE FOR SUBSTANCE ADDICTION (New York: Pocket Books, 1996). Free self-help groups available in the U.S. and abroad.
Women for Sobriety: A non-12-Step-based recovery program for women, which holds that women alcoholics and addicts often have special needs and issues not addressed by recovery programs founded largely by and for men. The program strives to build self-esteem as well as help women recover from addiction. Members meet in small groups.
Alternatives to 12-step
Although I know what has worked for me and for most people I know, I want to be fair and present non 12-step programs that are available. I know some people are uncomfortable with AA and NA and I feel these programs should be given an equal presentation. Click on the organization to take you to their site.
S.M.A.R.T. Recovery: This is an abstinence-oriented recovery program without the spiritual components of AA and the other 12-Step groups. It rejects the idea that addicts have no control or power over their condition, and therefore does not recommend the reliance on a Higher Power that AA does. Based on many of the same principles as cognitive therapy, it holds that addicted people are competent to make a choice not to drink or do drugs. Thus, members are urged to build on their own strengths and look within themselves to stop destructive behaviors.
Secular Organizations for Sobriety: Another alcohol and drug addiction recovery program that espouses abstinence but does not have the spiritual component of the 12-Step programs. Like AA, it uses the "one day at a time" approach to recovery. Many SOS members also attend AA. Its precepts include acknowledging one's addiction, accepting each day that drinking or using are off limits, and making sobriety a priority.
Rational Recovery: An abstinence-based, non-12-Step recovery program with no religious or spiritual content. RR provides orientation in Addictive Voice Recognition Technique, which it developed, and focuses on individual responsibility, personal strengths, and complete recovery. Interested people can also refer to founder Jack Trimpey's book RATIONAL RECOVERY: THE NEW CURE FOR SUBSTANCE ADDICTION (New York: Pocket Books, 1996). Free self-help groups available in the U.S. and abroad.