Kissimee54

I am also an alcoholic. I had very long stretches of sobriety and looking back on these I realize I was very sick even when sober. I blamed it all on being an alcoholic. Now I truly believe it was the other way around. I was very sick and then would drink to try to cover up my sickness. This astonishes me now. I really feel like I can look back on it and wonder how did I get out from under this depression and anxiety and just plain mental sickness. I weaned myself off of my psych meds. In fact I believe I was way over medicated. Could these drugs have prolonged my sickness! All I know is I feel healthier and happier than I've felt in years and years, may be a couple of decades and even pre meds. I can now really feel empathy for everyone who has battled theses demons. And knock on wood, I pray my illness will not return.