Me, Too, Katie!
Tale #2
What I have gotten from the AA programs:
Alot of help with my mental illnesses, i.e.,
I have chemical imbalances.
I must take care to treat them everyday or I will relapse.
A decade ago I went with my then ABF to a few AA meetings in
a vain attempt to get him sober. (LOL)
I heard a man say: "I have another drink in me, but I don't know if
I have another recovery in me."
I found that to be a very startling statement and remembered it.
Today it applies perfectly to my dx of major depressive disorder.
It is a lifetime chemical illness, it is progressive.
The last two severe episodes were so bad that I do not want to ever
go there or worse again. I don't know if I could endure it and get back up.
There is no cure. And I can't afford to forget that fact of life.
That said....thanks so much for your post of therapeutic 12 steps, DK!
I am definitely fatally addicted to cigarettes.
The rest of it? I dunno.
But I was prescribed 7/mg day benzos!!!!
And I have almost detoxed myself off them. AMA.
Not that I would recommend AMA...I just need a new Pdoc!