The phrase "attach yourself to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to forming a connection or association with someone or something.
Example: "In order to succeed in this project, you need to attach yourself to a mentor who can guide you."
Alternatives: "connect with" or "affiliate yourself with".
You can't have a real family, so you attach yourself to someone else's".
Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feel it.
If your family lacks clout, an alternative is to attach yourself to a well-placed patron.
In business, go find the best and brightest and attach yourself to them until they can't stand you anymore.
We're mostly unqualified to judge our own moral performances, so attach yourself to some exterior or social standards.
Now they must play by Stanley Cup rules, which is to say, attach yourself to an opponent, but cleanly, as the Maple Leafs did last night.
The false promise of the meritocracy is that you can earn dignity by attaching yourself to prestigious brands.
Seek short-term changes — pilot schemes, attaching yourself to new teams or projects, temporary transfers, "spare time" initiatives — that are relatively risk-free to your organization but of maximum value to your personal development.
If you feel paranoid about a person who was in your place before you, isn't it just anxiety about the person you are attaching yourself to, insecurity about the choice you've made?
Selling samosas on the pavement by the gas station, attaching yourself to a political patron, gathering street garbage, standing among the other men at the day-labour market and puffing out your tubercular chest when contractors in trucks drive by: try anything, everything, because eventually something has got to work.
The problem is that so far, attaching yourself to a video game film is more likely to draw ridicule than accolades.
