I have been going to a group 3x a week for substance abuse (alchohol) only binging with friends but i go for support because when i do drink i binge and not take my meds so its a good group, as for the people in the group thats another story here it goes

there is about 15 ppl in group its 2 hrs long the group therapist is new just got her license and is under supervision, she is a great listener but she is like a text book therapist.

i been attending this group like for 6 weeks my group consists of men and women who have been through the system for drugs and alcohol and have been arrested and are court mandated to be there with prior felonies and such

they are so disruptive that i had to tell the therapist to handle her group better or i will not come anymore because its a waste of my time, they talk out of place they interrupt ppl when its thier turn to talk they go off topic all the time, the t has to tell them to be quiet every ten minutes that is total disrespect to me in my oppinion, thier cell phones go off in group when its thier turn to talk they take up to a half hour no consideration for the rest of the ppl if its gonna take u a half hour to talk in group in my oppinion the therapist should jump in and schedule an individual session for that person, anyway its so frustrating im depressed and frustrated myself in general to have to go to group and deal with this is not good for me