Pre-Entry starts tomorrow
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Pre-Entry starts tomorrow
Nervous. It's every Tuesday until they can admit me to the outpatient program. But I think when they assess me tomorrow, they'll want me to go inpatient, which I can't really disagree with.
Pre-entry for inpatient is Monday and Friday, so a lot of trips to/from Dublin over the coming weeks. Then I think inpatient is 20 weeks. It'll be mostly drug addicts which suits me fine because my drinking habits are closer to shooting heroin in an alleyway than being a typical barfly.
I think pre entry involves group therapy and some one on one therapy and maybe an AA/NA meeting or something?
Rehab was miserable last time. But I think Coolmine might suit me better than Cuan Mhuire. We'll see.
AA meeting in my town tonight at 8:15pm. Suppose I may get used to meetings.
I must remember I'm extremely lucky to live in a country where people on welfare can go to rehab for 20 weeks.
Pre-entry for inpatient is Monday and Friday, so a lot of trips to/from Dublin over the coming weeks. Then I think inpatient is 20 weeks. It'll be mostly drug addicts which suits me fine because my drinking habits are closer to shooting heroin in an alleyway than being a typical barfly.
I think pre entry involves group therapy and some one on one therapy and maybe an AA/NA meeting or something?
Rehab was miserable last time. But I think Coolmine might suit me better than Cuan Mhuire. We'll see.
AA meeting in my town tonight at 8:15pm. Suppose I may get used to meetings.
I must remember I'm extremely lucky to live in a country where people on welfare can go to rehab for 20 weeks.
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I love it. I found this website by accident, and 3 days later I checked myself into in-patient rehab. SR pushed me over the edge and I grateful for that.
Check in when you can and post up your recovery journey for us. There are probably 100's of people that are on the fence about out / in - patient treatment..... I'm glad I went!
Check in when you can and post up your recovery journey for us. There are probably 100's of people that are on the fence about out / in - patient treatment..... I'm glad I went!
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Thanks all.
I'm still on the fence lol. Hoping the few weeks of pre-entry will rid me of the ambivalence. Pre-entry time will depend on beds available but also how ready I am for inpatient, which I'm grateful for. I do need some time. So I will check in over the next few weeks before I go inpatient and have no internet.
Originally Posted by Farrier 
I love it. I found this website by accident, and 3 days later I checked myself into in-patient rehab. SR pushed me over the edge and I grateful for that.
Check in when you can and post up your recovery journey for us. There are probably 100's of people that are on the fence about out / in - patient treatment..... I'm glad I went!
Check in when you can and post up your recovery journey for us. There are probably 100's of people that are on the fence about out / in - patient treatment..... I'm glad I went!
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Having no internet and no cell phone at my reach for a few weeks was great. Every meal, every class or function, we sat together and engaged in conversation like it was before that technology came around. I just about ditched all social media since and I don't carry my cell with me every where I go anymore. I liked talking face to face with people so much that I made a new habit out of it.
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Originally Posted by Farrier
Having no internet and no cell phone at my reach for a few weeks was great. Every meal, every class or function, we sat together and engaged in conversation like it was before that technology came around. I just about ditched all social media since and I don't carry my cell with me every where I go anymore. I liked talking face to face with people so much that I made a new habit out of it.
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Just AV chatter but there's this part of me that says "you're getting help, you should get drunk one last time". But I know if I drink this morning I'll never make it to pre-entry. I gave my money to my mother last night and I'm not going to ask for it back until I'm heading to the train station.
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TW suicide
I got a good lesson in the kindness of strangers yesterday.
I was in court in Galway for public intox. The judge was wondering why I had been in Galway so much recently. I responded, "to be frank, Judge, I was going to drown myself in the Corrib". She was very alarmed. I told her my medication had been adjusted recently and it had been rough, but I'm seeing my psychiatrist next week. She decided against a conviction.
Then as I was leaving court, the police officer who arrested me approached me and said he was glad I'm doing better today. You'd think he'd be pissed I didn't get a conviction but he was happy for me.
I got a good lesson in the kindness of strangers yesterday.
I was in court in Galway for public intox. The judge was wondering why I had been in Galway so much recently. I responded, "to be frank, Judge, I was going to drown myself in the Corrib". She was very alarmed. I told her my medication had been adjusted recently and it had been rough, but I'm seeing my psychiatrist next week. She decided against a conviction.
Then as I was leaving court, the police officer who arrested me approached me and said he was glad I'm doing better today. You'd think he'd be pissed I didn't get a conviction but he was happy for me.
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Follow this plan through FF - it could be the making of you
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