Devon <spam@4dv.net> wrote in message
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> A couple of months ago I went to a doctor to get a prescription for
sleeping
> meds so I could stop using alcohol for sleep. The doctor asked me how
much
> alcohol I was drinking and how often and with that, told me NOT to go cold
> turkey. She told me that immediate withdrawal could cause serious
problems
> such as seizure, stroke and at worst death. She also said that if I had
any
> trouble with withdrawal complications, I should get to the hospital
> immediately. I followed these recommendations and managed to reduce
> drinking until the doctor said it was time to stop.
>
> I did it from my doctor's plan.
>
> Now at AA today, there was a person who didn't know about the possible
> problems of going cold-turkey. It was his first day. I'm sorry, but I
> couldn't keep the possibility of complications from him. I opened my
mouth
> and stuck both feet in. I told him about the possible problems of
immediate
> withdrawal. I then said what my doctor had me do--no one believed me.
How
> would a doctor ever tell an alcoholic to cut-back slowly? It goes against
> everything these people believe. I was basically lying. Right? Nope.
> After years of abuse, I wanted to get off and that's what my doctor told
me
> to do.
>
> It sucks. I thought I was doing the right thing by telling this person
that
> there could be complications. I didn't expect hostility. I didn't lie.
>
> Sorry, just wanted to vent.
>
> --Devon

Someone at the meeting give you hostility? Ask them if they used the "taper
off'" program at first. Did they ever drink between meetings, even without
the Doc's recommendation? Odds are they did. Don't let them old timers play
"Big Chief AA" You are sober today, and that's what counts.