I know for me to acheive any sobriety meant treating both my mental health and my addiction. After my second stint in rehab where I was in an outpatient program that's supposed to last 10 weeks, and I was in it for 22 weeks, I went straight inpatient for 8 weeks in a psychiatric hospital to stabilize my mood and work out new medication. This was followed by 8 weeks of intensive outpatient psych treatment. When you have a concurrent disorder, it's absolutely imperative to treat both.

I'm not a poster child for recovery - my drug is alcohol - and I've had multiple relapses, but at least each relapse is getting shorter and my mood has been more stable than it's been in years.

I too go to AA and find it helpful. I've also found it helpful to take up new hobbies (knitting is a big one for me right now) to occupy time that I would otherwise been drinking and to distract me.

Only you can decide what treatment path to follow, but I'd strongly urge you to stay with your mother and work on building a new life that doesn't involve drugs. it will seem really strange at first, but it get's so much better.

Good luck.

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