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Hey there @Senaro01, welcome to the forums

I'm really glad you found us and that it has helped you feel less alone and isolated, it helps me feel the same having so many people to relate to and lean on 🙏

Interestingly enough you are not the first person I have heard of using chatGPT for mental health support and recovery! I think it's definitely a useful tool and a very clever way of extracting and piecing together information, especially when there is a lot of it.

Once again a very big welcome and I wish you all the best on your recovery journey 💜

Hi @Senaro01, welcome to the group. You're definitely not alone here and i've found fantastic support here.

ChatGPT is an amazing tool. But just be cautious when using it. It has improved a lot, but it still is based on what it learns from what people have wrote on the internet and not everything on the internet is... fully correct. The crazy thing is if you ask ChatGPT if it makes mistakes, it will tell you 'yes' and list the reasons why. That in itself, makes it amazing. As you say though, it can get you to information so quickly that it is an invaluable tool these days.

It sounds like you've made a great start in learning to overcome your denial and other less helpful coping strategies. Like posting here and sharing and it you now have some definite plans to help yourself with the rehab and day programs. All of which takes a lot of strength and courage so keep using that and things will keep improving for you.

Hey @Senaro01

Welcome. Good on you for recognising what you need to do. I have done DBT, helped me a lot. I'm a bit of fan of chatGPT. As you say it can be used to cut through a lot of information quickly. As @MJG017 says, it doesn't always get everything right.....but a very useful tool none the less. Keep us updated (if you want to) on how you go with rehab. It sounds like you have made great strides towards recovery already simply by getting all your plans in place.

@MJG017 thanks for your kind words. Re ChatGPT, I retrained it somewhat to focus on the things I needed it to. For me it was more sifting through the hoards of useless information and easily putting it together in tabular format etc. There seems to be 3-5 key people in the research but everyone has their opinion on the methods the key people suggest.

Everyone mentions courage, whereas I see it more as “just what I have to do”. It’s a monumental task ahead, but I decided recently that at the very least I wanted to make sure I have no more regrets about the past.

@Ainjoule Thanks for the response. I might be embarking on this quest somewhat naively, but ignorance might just be what I need to get started 😂

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Everyone mentions courage, whereas I see it more as “just what I have to do”. It’s a monumental task ahead, but I decided recently that at the very least I wanted to make sure I have no more regrets about the past.

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@Senaro01 I think we all tend to see it as things we have to do rather than courage. But i'm (slowly) learning that we do have to accept what people tell us and that it does take courage even just to keep going sometimes. From what you've said you've been through and what you're doing now, I'd agree you are doing what you have to do, but I'd also say that it takes a lot of courage, and strength, to do what you've done so far.

@Ainjoule well, rehab went ok. But I was also diagnosed with Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD). Never heard of it, but it makes total sense. Apparently its on the spectrum of Trauma disorders. In fact it was a godsend because it allowed me to recognise that I was doing things (rehab included) for validation not real recovery. Long story short, i broke out of long term rehab, ended up on the streets living in shelters and it was here that I had my enlightenment. I needed to do recovery for myself and no one else, I realised the strength I’d been seeking in others was actually inside me all along. So, I am day 4 off all substances, made amends with my father and am now living with him temporarily till I get back on my feet. I am doing this for me and no one else, and it is absolutely LIBERATING! I feel like a different person, I no longer see external validation as a thing, but that i see pursuit of my mental and emotional wellbeing, not as a reaction to my hurt, but as a declaration of my worth.