I had to do group therapy when I once did inpatient and outpatient treatment. I have also tried groups like AA, DBSA, NAMI. I found AA helpful in keeping me sober during and after I initially got out of treatment. I stopped going after a while, it didn't seem to be as helpful and created more stress trying to get to meetings. I couldn't get into the whole "sponsor" thing. The other groups were more often boring. I was disappointed as the orgs sometimes put out good information. It just felt like the same conversation every meeting. I never felt like I had anything to say either.