Question about small group therapy

Bannabag, I can sooooo relate. My group therapy is a joke. The "therapist" tries to bring out issues that I can't even understand what he is talking about. He himself is an addict and has tons of issues. Our group is full of relapsers. He doesn't encourage our group members to attend 12 stepor caduceus "because they won't go anyway." I think he wants us to attend only his meeting so he can make money. ($50/wk cash) We go weekly for 2 years and then monthly for the last year. It's discouraging to me because I am almost 2 years clean and sober , attending all my meetings and more and I go to these meetings where people aren't following their HPRP contracts and are out there using and they are out working!! When the board won't release my restricton to work. It's all I can do to sit through these meetings. These meetings are the HPRP's way of monitoring us out in the field since they never meet with us in person. Our "therapist" allows all this using and non compliance because if he gets us kicked out it's loss of money for him and the relapsers get extensions to their contract which is good for the therapists pocket. We mostly discuss how horrible the BON and HPRP are. I just hope all this pays off in the end. It's interesting, the docs only have to attend for one year and some not at all. jen

Bananabag, My caduceus group that is free is very helpful. I feel this "therapist" doesn't want the others from our group to attend this meeting because they will quit attending his meeting. (or decrease their attendance) I put therapist in parenthesis because I really don't know his credentials and I'm sure he could never work in a traditional setting. I actually was instrumental in getting a second caduceus meeting started in our area. I try to encourage others in our group to attend caduceus but he shuts me down. They say his group, since it's all medical professionals, counts as both. Hence, one less meeting to go to. There is no other group in our area, so we're stuck. jen