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laurie6781 · 02-07-2007, 09:18 AM

Hey Drug Effects WELCOME to SR! I am so glad you found us.

As to your questions. The BB tells us that WE ARE NOT DOCTORS and sometimes 'professional' help is needed.

I have to disagree with your sponsor. Many of us, sober many years, HAVE TO TAKE certain medications to be able to live, and yes that includes Anti Ds.

Yes there are people in recovery like your sponsor that believe as he does. However, that is JUST HIS OPINION. Please listen to your doctor. Take your Anti Ds as prescribed. Obviously your sponsor has never been in the Abyss. Has not felt the darkness closing in around him, and felt like it would never go away.

It might be time to find a different sponsor, that has been where you are now.

My PERSONAL OPINION is if you feel ready to work on Step 4 then go for it!!!

I have many ODAATs now, and yes I am on an Anti D. It took a long time and many trials and errors for my physc doc to find the one that would work for me, and although it was a very trying time (over 4 years of my sobriety) I am so glad I stuck with it.

Oh and btw if you ask this question in an AA meeting you will get as many opinions as there are members there at the moment, roflmao.

I prefer to live my life by the BB and have no problem suggesting a sponsee seek professional help when it seems appropriate.

WE ARE NOT DOCTORS.

J M H O

Again, welcome to SR. Please keep posting and let us know how you are doing, we do care!!!

Love and hugs,

02-07-2007, 09:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
laurie6781 Belgian Sheepdog Adictee Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In Today Posts: 4,648	Hey Drug Effects WELCOME to SR! I am so glad you found us. As to your questions. The BB tells us that WE ARE NOT DOCTORS and sometimes 'professional' help is needed. I have to disagree with your sponsor. Many of us, sober many years, HAVE TO TAKE certain medications to be able to live, and yes that includes Anti Ds. Yes there are people in recovery like your sponsor that believe as he does. However, that is JUST HIS OPINION. Please listen to your doctor. Take your Anti Ds as prescribed. Obviously your sponsor has never been in the Abyss. Has not felt the darkness closing in around him, and felt like it would never go away. It might be time to find a different sponsor, that has been where you are now. My PERSONAL OPINION is if you feel ready to work on Step 4 then go for it!!! I have many ODAATs now, and yes I am on an Anti D. It took a long time and many trials and errors for my physc doc to find the one that would work for me, and although it was a very trying time (over 4 years of my sobriety) I am so glad I stuck with it. Oh and btw if you ask this question in an AA meeting you will get as many opinions as there are members there at the moment, roflmao. I prefer to live my life by the BB and have no problem suggesting a sponsee seek professional help when it seems appropriate. WE ARE NOT DOCTORS. J M H O Again, welcome to SR. Please keep posting and let us know how you are doing, we do care!!! Love and hugs, __________________ God Bless You All As You Trudge The Road Of Happy Destiny (especially when you trudgin thru alligators up to your butt)