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Old 08-07-2014, 12:25 PM
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NYCDoglvr
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I'm sober 22+ years in AA and never talk about anti-depressant medication except with my sponsor. There is enormous stupidity and arrogance in some alcoholics who offer unsolicited advice about medication. In AA literature (see the pamphlet AA and medications) it says "NO ONE SHOULD PLAY DOCTOR". My sponsee is bi-polar and I told her if she stops taking meds I won't sponsor her any longer.

A good friend in the program told me she ended up in a locked ward at four years because she was too stubborn to take meds. I personally know someone who stopped taking meds, drank and killed himself.

God bless you ..... so many people in the program also suffer from depression and bi-polar disorder. We drank to self-medicate. Now getting the right psychiatric meds is part of taking care of ourselves.
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