Originally Posted by
NeedingHelp7 
I just don't agree about BENZOS being taken by those who have drug/alcohol abuse histories. If you read the insert of these meds, it says the same thing.
Wow, this is the thread that just won’t die. Here is AA's position.
http://www.aa.org/pdf/products/p-11_...ersMedDrug.pdf
If you disagree, you disagree with AA, the many doctors that prescribe these medications to alcoholics, and the many alcoholics that take them as prescribed. Please provide a link to this insert that says "the same thing."
I’m not picking on you. In all fairness, many people abuse these medications. However, many take them as prescribed and appear to benefit from them. And the “Big Book” talks about those with grave emotional and metal disorders, and the use of psychiatrists too – and the main role of psychiatrists is to diagnose mental illness and prescribe for it.
The pamphlet linked to above elaborates on the issue. It is AA conference approved literature. If you read nothing else, read the guidelines contained therein.