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08-24-2008, 08:38 PM

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serenityqueen

Attitude of Gratitude

Join Date: Sep 2007

Location: Dayton, Ohio

Posts: 2,305

Welcome from me as well!

You're still in the withdrawal stages and getting to your Dr. asap sounds like the best suggestion I can make at the moment. This period is going to be a bundle of anxiety and stress. . . that's normal.

Try going to some AA Meetings. I would not be in my third year of Recovery if it weren't for the Steps and the Fellowship and Friends, true Friends I have made in AA. I never imaged that I could be in a room full of strangers who made me feel loved and accepted within that first hour, at that first meeting. I walked in alone, scared, anxious and unsure. But I walked out of there with phone numbers that were given freely to me without even asking. I felt a sense of hope, instead of hopelessness and also a sense of understanding that I am not alone.

Keep posting here, share as little or as much as you want.

We do understand.

God Bless,
Judy