Monarch, I never thought I could talk about private things in front of a group of people, but after I finally stopped saying I couldn't and tried it and someone said, "yeah, I had to deal with that too", that sorta broke the ice. That's the nice thing about a group, when you say something important thay's going on in your life, there are more chances of someone else adding to or talking about how they dealt with this or that thing. With one person, you're just SOL if they're never learned to deal with that, or even run across that same thing before. You'd be surprised at the feeling of belonging when a group starts bonding into one big recovery machine, and it does happen. More people have found relief in that area than one-on-one, and I already stated the reason for that, most of them are pretending they know what to do, or look it up in their book before your appointment. And to recover, you have to trust your private stuff to them, and most likely they've never even experienced it. How are they gonna help you? That's all I'm saying, people normally trust someone more that they can relate to, if they trust more, they open up more. But, when you're ready, maybe you'll see what I'm talking about. It is a strange concept, someone without a degree able to help where someone with a degree is powerless. You see it every day in Alcoholics Anonymous though. People helping people from their experience of doing it themselves.
Respect,
WarHippy
