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This is not a Buddhist advice, but I would advise you to find an AA Big Book sponsor that can get you through the 12 steps quickly and efficiently. Within a few days up to a week or two.
While meditation alone in theory is the most useful tool to end any addiction, as an addict, we have so much shame, guilt, anger and fear accumulated that our minds are so shattered which makes progressing in meditation hard. The 12 steps, if done according to the Big Book, is a very efficient way to address the most overwhelming things in our life. If you live in any of the Nordic countries I could help you find someone who could guide you properly.
There are some things in AA that are not in line with reality, so try and not get hung up on those things. Don’t get attached to the philosophy, the meetings or anything else. It might be useful to be clean and live a good life, but nothing that compares to that which meditation practice is able to provide.
Once you’ve addresses the coarse things through the Big Book I would recommend doing a meditation retreat. In the meantime it would be useful to start practicing meditation. You can find basic instructions in the tradition I follow below, if you are interested:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL603BD0B03E12F5A1
Comment by zadnium at 18/03/2025 at 13:49 UTC
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I second this! I have 10yrs history of substance abuse and NA has been the thing that got me clean!