Did I mess up??
 

It's been a rough week and my anxiety has been out of control. I met some friends for breakfast this morning and a friend gave me a xanax. I took it and felt great afterward. I just googled it and found it's a benzo which I've seen people talk about here. Did I mess up my sobriety? She gave me a handful, should I flush them? It worked so well I was seriously considering asking my doc for a prescription.

If you want to take medication, I would strongly advise talking to your doctor and getting a prescription. (and find out what the withdrawal effects will be when you stop taking the medication)

Personally, if I was taking someone else's meds (especially benzos), I would not consider myself sober.

Like I said in the other thread, it's never a good idea to take someone else's prescription.
If you're having problems, see your Dr. - it's the best way to go Duff.

I wouldn't take any more if it was me.

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Back to day one then. I need to get this anxiety straightened out and do have the name of a great GP. What was I thinking???

dont look at it like back to square one. just look at it as a continuing recovery process. since i quit drinking my anxiety has been very high to the point of shaking hands and racing heart, sweating etc, but one thing i steer clear of is benzodiazepines. i abused those too and the minute i take one of those im taking a strip then its usually a downward spiral towards the bottle again. be careful of benzos they are great at the time being wrapped in a warm comfy blanket but high risk for someone with an addiction problem

Don't know your background on your addiction but is never a good ideal to take a drug that was nor prescriptive by your doctor and you know if the drug you just took was really the drug you took.

With a friend like that who needs enemies.
Does she know that you're trying to get sober?

I would be very careful with Xanax or any benzo. So addictive and so hard to come off. I would flush them (well, I personally would never have been able to flush them but you really should!)

Thank you all! They are gone.

It sounds like from your first post you haven't had much experience with benzo's... and so if they haven't ever been a problem, then I don't see why you should have to start over.

Yes you shouldn't of taken a prescription drug not prescribed, but you didn't really know what it was. Now you know, don't do it again, but don't throw away your previous sobriety time for a mistake that was not intentional 'using'.

Just my thoughts.