Life After 12-Step Recovery

In this episode, Liv and Tiffany explore the process of leaving 12-step recovery and how life evolved afterwards. So often we hear in the rooms that to leave means one thing: returning to use. But that simply hasn’t been the case for us. 

What was particularly intriguing to Liv was that when she finally did leave, she realized that she was relying heavily upon the fellowship, and she started to look at the conditioning that you cannot trust independent thought, such as the desire to try another pathway. She also found that meetings were a crutch in difficult times. Leaving enabled Liv and Tiffany to depend on themselves and to develop more effective individual coping strategies. For Liv, this meant learning about autonomy and recovering her agency. Today the decisions they make are ones that are right for them as individuals, rather than a prescribed response. 

For Tiffany, when she discovered intuitive eating, she realized she was already whole and complete. Regaining her agency allowed her to begin to trust herself, which was core to her healing her relationship with food. In turn, she also realized that some parts of 12-step messaging were not working for her. 

By speaking openly about this topic, Liv and Tiffany hope to validate others’ concerns, and to show that people do exist in recovery even if they have left the program that initially provided a framework for them to find recovery. 

Liv’s life after 12-Step Recovery group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/272533446852021/

How to have fun in recovery: 

https://www.thefix.com/you-got-sober-are-you-having-fun

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