Blue Moon <mfoco@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:46e916cfd0cf61ab87c03d2393775935@free.teranew s.com:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:57:23 GMT, "rosie readandpost"
> <readandpost@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>> I will say it's difficult to recover from alcoholism whilst
>>> taking the pills. The ADs can be an emotional escape, and
>>> recovery is all about learning to face life sober ... that
>>> means dealing with emotions that are not being depressed by
>>> ADs. So you're sober, but not recovered - big difference,
>>> that even many AAs don't comprehend!
>
>>total bullshit!
>
> In whose opinion?
>
> I've never yet met someone who's quit pills in recovery say that
> it's anything but harder to recover whilst on the pills. That's
> not for want of asking around, or listening.
>
> SSRI antidepressants act on the serotonin levels in the brain.
> These directly affect the emotional state of the individual.
> Recovery from alcoholism is all about taking actions that help
> deal with different emotional states. That means learning how
> to deal with emotions SOBER, without those emotions being
> repressed by drugs.
>
> I did not say recovery is impossible whilst on drugs, I said it
> is more difficult. I stand by that assertion.
>
>>you remain willfully "in the dark" about the action and effects
>>of antidepressants!
>
> Now who's talking bullshit? I've asked you time and again for a
> rational discussion on the topic, and every single time you've
> run.
>

I take AD's to get something close to "balanced" in my emotional
state. If you think they get you high or happy or block emotions,
you've been seriously misinformed. They allow you to *FEEL* your
emotions, good and bad. WHen I'm not taking them, the whole world is
crap. I spent the first four years in recovery off AD's because of
some asshole nazi AA meeting, and those years were a complete waste
of time. It was a nice lady who grabbed me by the arm and told me
that her husband, in recovery, killed himself four years earler and
pleaded with me to get on medication, that I decided to do that.

The people who take ths hardline "no drugs of any kind" attitude are
usually the ones who DO NOT have major, debilitating depression and
have no idea how bad it is. Now I just tell them "thank you for
sharing."If they persist, I ask them if they're a doctor. That
usually shuts them up. BTW, I only take what I need. (When they
learn my family history, they usually offer me a whole bunch of
stuff!) If I had the AD's available to me when I was 15, I would
probably not have become an alcoholic.