Hello kitty.
I hope you had a great christmas kitty. I'm sorry that this is the first time I responded to your post, I still suffer from chronic uniqueness at times. Meaning; We come from two different worlds, and we used in different ways. Our problem is the same, we are addicts who desire a better life for ourselfs. We are always going to be addicts, we never kick this thing. Our drug use is just a symptom of a bigger problem, the 12 steps helps us to face that bigger problem in our lives and start dealing with it. Don't put it off no longer, go to some meetings where you are at, you don't have to be clean at first, you just have to have a desire to stop using. All us addicts suffer from chronic uniqueness don't let it hold you back. They are a doctor, two nurses, and a pharmacist that go to the same home group I do. That's a beautiful thing about NA, no matter where we come from in life we can and do recover together. I'm on the Pegasys/Copegus treatment for Hep-C and the side effects at first was he!!, 1/12/04 I was told that I was type 2 diabetic, and my blood work came back that I had hep-c, my liver biopsy came back that I had chronic hepatitis with cirrhosis. The first liver doctor sent me to the Emory Clinic to be put on the list for a transplant. I was freaking out, I had stop talking to my sponsor, stopped going to my home group, and my recovery was in danger. I was setting in the waiting room of my PCP's office, and out of the blue walk in my sponsor, it was God telling me I am not along. With my sponsor's help, and the support of my NA family I was able to turn down the narcotics they offered me to deal with the side effects, and panic attacks. And God gave me some very good addict friendly doctors at Emory. The first doctor was wrong, the doctor at Emory said I did not need a transplant, after 16 weeks on tx my blood test came back undetected of the hep-c. And I have 22 weeks to go on tx, and we expect for me to be clear of the virus, and most important to me I will still be clean and sober. I'm also getting non diabetic readings (80-100). So you see how this is a life and death choose for me, I thank God for NA, thru it he saved my life. It belongs to all of us, it was freely given to us to pass on, and they are a chair waiting for you. Thanks for letting me share.