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well, basically i'm just yr garden variety drunk but I also had a bad experience with amphetamines around the same time - which nudged out the alcohol. (My 'best friends' were killers.) My expertise, such as it is, comes from the research I've put into my ten or so books about recovery - one of which, FIRST YEAR SOBRIETY, although it concentrates on alcohol, you might want to look at. Its subtitle pretty much sums up its stance - "when all that changes is everything." It's available from amazon.com or hazelden.org - and it's short. Sort of like having a portable set of 12 step meetings in your pocket you can dip into when you feel the need. (It's a good bathroom book. :-)
Yes, I'm Guy Kettelhack.
Good luck to you. Suggestion: you might want to post something about what you're going through on the NA section of this site. I have no doubt that you'll get some good answering response.
best,
Guy
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