I am drinking hard...

[David]

I dont't like it anymore. I don't know what my next step should be. I
have a seriurs anxiety disorder and take mimium doses of prescrpion drugs.
Therefore I am not eligable for programs.

Elective mute since grade 2. Now one will help well I am taking "stuff"

Is there place that will treat a pearson with problems. I talked to a
Inpatient residential and got treated like shit.

Any idea's.

I am open to aa and anything that will help. I do beleive in God but don't
push it.

[Hawth Hill]

You sound as if you're in a peck of trouble, (or, as AA phrases it) your
life has become unmanageable.

If you just look at the first several steps you'll see some clues. One
is that AA is open to anyone, . . that's right, . . "ANYONE", . . who
desires to stop drinking.

Quite naturally, lots of us arrive on their doorstep with lots of
collateral problems, including drug use. Somehow, a good many of these
people find that there's a way out.

Take the first step, and decide whether or not you truly want to stop.
If so, look in the phone book and call an AA facility nearby, or some
city or county drug/alcohol intervention facility. Then, take their
advice.

You'll hear a lot about God. Simply because lots of people in AA have
found that to be of help. But no one will demand that YOU believe in
God, in any particular form. They WILL suggest that the way out demands
that you straighten yourself out spiritually; but whether that means
becoming "religious" is entirely up to you. In my experience,
relatively few of us do so, despite our accepting and trusting in the
power of spirituality.

Don't look for reasons not to go.

Check it out. If it's not for you, no one will bar the door when you
decide to leave. But, lots of folk will step forward to help you in any
form that you need.

Good luck to you.

Take back your own life. But, do it NOW. Who can say when the next
time will come, if ever, that you'll be moved to even go so far as
you've done in writing to this forum? We accept as true that addiction
to alcohol is a progressive disease, . . always getting worse so long as
one keeps drinking. Who wants to run the risk that you may never get
another chance? Lots of us came VERY close to death through drinking,
and lots of us have only blind luck to thank that we somehow turned to
AA for help at what may well have been our very last shot.

Nothing to lose except a bit of time. Maybe a hell of a lot to gain.
Like a new lease on life and health and happiness. Maybe even self
respect, and pride in what you can and do become. Maybe even the chance
to someday help others who are then in the same spot that you're in now.

I guarantee you that ANY AA meeting will have some newcomers in it, and
that you'll be able to relate to their stories of how they're managing
their first steps back to a good and happy life, . . a life that THEY
control. Listen and see if you think that it just might work for you as
it's working for others.

HH



In article <Xns9948A7C67D1F180850485048@199.185.223.74>,
David <not@here.com> wrote:

> I dont't like it anymore. I don't know what my next step should be. I
> have a seriurs anxiety disorder and take mimium doses of prescrpion drugs.
> Therefore I am not eligable for programs.
>
> Elective mute since grade 2. Now one will help well I am taking "stuff"
>
> Is there place that will treat a pearson with problems. I talked to a
> Inpatient residential and got treated like shit.
>
> Any idea's.
>
> I am open to aa and anything that will help. I do beleive in God but don't
> push it.

[Daniel]

David wrote:
> I dont't like it anymore. I don't know what my next step should be. I
> have a seriurs anxiety disorder and take mimium doses of prescrpion drugs.
> Therefore I am not eligable for programs.
>
> Elective mute since grade 2. Now one will help well I am taking "stuff"
>
> Is there place that will treat a pearson with problems. I talked to a
> Inpatient residential and got treated like shit.
>
> Any idea's.
>
> I am open to aa and anything that will help. I do beleive in God but don't
> push it.


Look into http://www.moderation.org/index.shtml as an alternative to AA.

[not@here.com]

Hawth Hill <BackHome@expat.com> wrote in news:RIednaPZIe-
ad_XbnZ2dnUVZ_vGinZ2d@cablespeedwa.com:

> to someday help others who are then in the same spot that you're in now.
>

You skiped over mental illness. I Thank you though. I am working my way up
to AA. I may take a detour through an addiction sericese agencey .

I was hopeing that someone with elective muteism might reply or someone
with any type of mental illness.

Christ, thanks for your time it was not wasted.

(posting problems disregard if you are reading this.)

[not@here.com]

> Look into http://www.moderation.org/index.shtml as an alternative to
> AA.

Moderated for 4 years. Does not work.

[Joe Jared]

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:29:35 +0000, David wrote:

> I dont't like it anymore. I don't know what my next step should be. I
> have a seriurs anxiety disorder and take mimium doses of prescrpion drugs.
> Therefore I am not eligable for programs.

Alcohol can cause anxiety. It's likely that there's a warning on the side
of at least one of your medications that says, "alcohol can intensify the
effects". Get past the grunt of detox, which is real work, and if you
can't do that alone, have a phone nearby and dial 911. They'll help.

> Elective mute since grade 2. Now one will help well I am taking "stuff"
>
> Is there place that will treat a pearson with problems. I talked to a
> Inpatient residential and got treated like shit.

We all have problems, silly. On average, I've found that between 15-20% of
the fellowship in attendance is taking medications for a mental disorder.
This does not include the much larger subset that has said disorders an
think all they need is church, AA and a good bible to thump you with.

> Any idea's.
>
> I am open to aa and anything that will help. I do beleive in God but
> don't push it.

Stop drinking; go to meetings; ask for help. As for god, I'm a believer
that spirituality is each individual's belief in their god. Religion is a
collective belief in a god, in a box. Sometimes the box has a steeple.


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[Joe Jared]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:43:23 +0000, not@here.com wrote:

>
>> Look into http://www.moderation.org/index.shtml as an alternative to
>> AA.
>
> Moderated for 4 years. Does not work.

I don't understand drinking moderately, either. If I'm gonna drink, I'm
gonna drink.

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[Darren]

<not@here.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Look into http://www.moderation.org/index.shtml as an alternative to
>> AA.
>
> Moderated for 4 years. Does not work.

Then AA is your next port of call, or you could try smart recovery but bear
in mind they are unqualified sexist bastards who don't know how do deal with
people with emotional problems.

[Saneearth]

Darren wrote:

> Then AA is your next port of call, or you could try smart recovery but
> bear in mind they are unqualified sexist bastards who don't know how do
> deal with people with emotional problems.

There are many "ways". Might look also at http://unhooked.com, which is the
site for Lifering Secular Recovery an offshoot of the floundering Secular
Organizations for sobriety. As far as Smart Recovery goes, sounds like
there were some personality problems involved, but the actual practice in
Smart recovery should be very will suited for someone with emotional
problems. I would also venture to guess there or more unqualified sexist
bastards in other groups also.

[Darren]

"Saneearth" <saneearth@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Darren wrote:
>
>> Then AA is your next port of call, or you could try smart recovery but
>> bear in mind they are unqualified sexist bastards who don't know how do
>> deal with people with emotional problems.
>
> There are many "ways". Might look also at http://unhooked.com, which is
> the
> site for Lifering Secular Recovery an offshoot of the floundering Secular
> Organizations for sobriety. As far as Smart Recovery goes, sounds like
> there were some personality problems involved, but the actual practice in
> Smart recovery should be very will suited for someone with emotional
> problems. I would also venture to guess there or more unqualified sexist
> bastards in other groups also.

Very likely.

[J. Baron]

TEST


"Darren" <Darren@notsane.org> wrote in message
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>
> <not@here.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns994B1BAF5530680850485048@69.28.173.184...
>>
>>> Look into http://www.moderation.org/index.shtml as an alternative to
>>> AA.
>>
>> Moderated for 4 years. Does not work.
>
> Then AA is your next port of call, or you could try smart recovery but
> bear in mind they are unqualified sexist bastards who don't know how do
> deal with people with emotional problems.
>