I echo what SweetNuff said about the caffeine. I strill drink coffee and diet pop, but have switched to little or no caffeine. It seems my body has become really sensitive to it since starting recovery.
Getting good info on PAWS was very empowering for me. I didn't feel like I was going crazy anymore. For me, the worst of it was over after a year and after that I only experienced memory loss and brain fogginess periodically - so, it does get better.
It's not important WHAT you call yourself, Asylum101, just that you change old behaviours and thinking, which it sounds like you are doing. One thing I did learn in recovery, though, is a drug is a drug is a drug. I doesn't matter that I got my drugs from a medical Dr. and the person sitting next to me got their's from the crack dealer downtown - the effect of both drugs are the same.
Glad you're here! Keep reading and posting, k?
