Comments on: Personal Stories http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Fri, 25 May 2012 15:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: jana livingston http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-714804 jana livingston Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:14:33 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/#comment-714804 i am not suggesting that people do not take medication- i am suggesting that some of us are better off without it- i have so much more clarity now then i ever have- and i do not live with an abusive partner anymore, so i do not need to take them- for me- i took them because i had a shitty self esteem, and i was living with someone that liked to stab me the first chance he got with his razor tongue and shamelss sex addiction.. men like that like to drive you crazy, then call you crazy.. and they usually hang out with other men that share the same type of feelings- like a wall of men.. real fun! if a man is not spiritual- then there is no way-playing house is very different than love- i know about love- but the truth is- i am too messed up to put myself in a sitaution like that again.. aloha i am not suggesting that people do not take medication- i am suggesting that some of us are better off without it- i have so much more clarity now then i ever have- and i do not live with an abusive partner anymore, so i do not need to take them- for me- i took them because i had a shitty self esteem, and i was living with someone that liked to stab me the first chance he got with his razor tongue and shamelss sex addiction.. men like that like to drive you crazy, then call you crazy.. and they usually hang out with other men that share the same type of feelings- like a wall of men.. real fun! if a man is not spiritual- then there is no way-playing house is very different than love- i know about love- but the truth is- i am too messed up to put myself in a sitaution like that again.. aloha

]]> By: bills books http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-688112 bills books Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:50:46 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/#comment-688112 Medication saved my life and I think it's unfortunate that some in AA have the misguided belief that taking prescribed medication negates sobriety. As it says in the literature, "We are not doctors." When I first got sober many years ago an old friend refused to be my sponsor. He said that because I was taking anti-depressants. He's dead now. I'm alive, and still sober. To those who would make judgments like he did, I say, respectfully, "Please stick to working your own program and taking your own inventory." Medication saved my life and I think it’s unfortunate that some in AA have the misguided belief that taking prescribed medication negates sobriety. As it says in the literature, “We are not doctors.”

When I first got sober many years ago an old friend refused to be my sponsor. He said that because I was taking anti-depressants. He’s dead now. I’m alive, and still sober.

To those who would make judgments like he did, I say, respectfully, “Please stick to working your own program and taking your own inventory.”

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]]> By: jana livingston http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-584497 jana livingston Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:42:13 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/#comment-584497 have been trying the AA program to get clean and sober for many years. I finally got sober in 2000. I do not know why I became willing to take ant-depressants but I did. Getting off of them has been the hardest experience of my life. I went to a shrink thinking she could fix me. I will trade in my anti- depressions for my own problems.I have two children and one is in the program.i went to school to become an addictions counselor, now I have a BA in sociology. None of this would have happened had I been drinking and using.I tore up my body and have to deal with feeling weak every now and then.I wanted to be anyone but me. i tried everything to die and I am still here.People like me live under bridges and die everyday.I have a good relationship. I did not like people when I got clean. I was very afraid of being vulnerable and intimate. Gradually I allowed my sponsor to guide me through the fear of people places and things.i thought that I was one of the ones that could not get clean and sober. Eight years later I have been proven wrong time and time again. I do not know what is best for me, but my spirituality does.I have alot of papers to write. i am going to get a Masters degree. Who wouldve thunk it.I like to write. I got published twice. another gift.Sometimes I am on a hamster cage with my thinking, I go to a meeting when the going gets rough. have been trying the AA program to get clean and sober for many years. I finally got sober in 2000. I do not know why I became willing to take ant-depressants but I did. Getting off of them has been the hardest experience of my life. I went to a shrink thinking she could fix me. I will trade in my anti- depressions for my own problems.I have two children and one is in the program.i went to school to become an addictions counselor, now I have a BA in sociology. None of this would have happened had I been drinking and using.I tore up my body and have to deal with feeling weak every now and then.I wanted to be anyone but me. i tried everything to die and I am still here.People like me live under bridges and die everyday.I have a good relationship. I did not like people when I got clean. I was very afraid of being vulnerable and intimate. Gradually I allowed my sponsor to guide me through the fear of people places and things.i thought that I was one of the ones that could not get clean and sober. Eight years later I have been proven wrong time and time again. I do not know what is best for me, but my spirituality does.I have alot of papers to write. i am going to get a Masters degree. Who wouldve thunk it.I like to write. I got published twice. another gift.Sometimes I am on a hamster cage with my thinking, I go to a meeting when the going gets rough.

]]> By: jana livingston http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-584496 jana livingston Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:42:07 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/#comment-584496 have been trying the AA program to get clean and sober for many years. I finally got sober in 2000. I do not know why I became willing to take ant-depressants but I did. Getting off of them has been the hardest experience of my life. I went to a shrink thinking she could fix me. I will trade in my anti- depressions for my own problems.I have two children and one is in the program.i went to school to become an addictions counselor, now I have a BA in sociology. None of this would have happened had I been drinking and using.I tore up my body and have to deal with feeling weak every now and then.I wanted to be anyone but me. i tried everything to die and I am still here.People like me live under bridges and die everyday.I have a good relationship. I did not like people when I got clean. I was very afraid of being vulnerable and intimate. Gradually I allowed my sponsor to guide me through the fear of people places and things.i thought that I was one of the ones that could not get clean and sober. Eight years later I have been proven wrong time and time again. I do not know what is best for me, but my spirituality does.I have alot of papers to write. i am going to get a Masters degree. Who wouldve thunk it.I like to write. I got published twice. another gift.Sometimes I am on a hamster cage with my thinking, I go to a meeting when the going gets rough. have been trying the AA program to get clean and sober for many years. I finally got sober in 2000. I do not know why I became willing to take ant-depressants but I did. Getting off of them has been the hardest experience of my life. I went to a shrink thinking she could fix me. I will trade in my anti- depressions for my own problems.I have two children and one is in the program.i went to school to become an addictions counselor, now I have a BA in sociology. None of this would have happened had I been drinking and using.I tore up my body and have to deal with feeling weak every now and then.I wanted to be anyone but me. i tried everything to die and I am still here.People like me live under bridges and die everyday.I have a good relationship. I did not like people when I got clean. I was very afraid of being vulnerable and intimate. Gradually I allowed my sponsor to guide me through the fear of people places and things.i thought that I was one of the ones that could not get clean and sober. Eight years later I have been proven wrong time and time again. I do not know what is best for me, but my spirituality does.I have alot of papers to write. i am going to get a Masters degree. Who wouldve thunk it.I like to write. I got published twice. another gift.Sometimes I am on a hamster cage with my thinking, I go to a meeting when the going gets rough.

]]> By: jana livingston http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-584495 jana livingston Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:42:00 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/09/17/personal-stories/#comment-584495 have been trying the AA program to get clean and sober for many years. I finally got sober in 2000. I do not know why I became willing to take ant-depressants but I did. Getting off of them has been the hardest experience of my life. I went to a shrink thinking she could fix me. I will trade in my anti- depressions for my own problems.I have two children and one is in the program.i went to school to become an addictions counselor, now I have a BA in sociology. None of this would have happened had I been drinking and using.I tore up my body and have to deal with feeling weak every now and then.I wanted to be anyone but me. i tried everything to die and I am still here.People like me live under bridges and die everyday.I have a good relationship. I did not like people when I got clean. I was very afraid of being vulnerable and intimate. Gradually I allowed my sponsor to guide me through the fear of people places and things.i thought that I was one of the ones that could not get clean and sober. Eight years later I have been proven wrong time and time again. I do not know what is best for me, but my spirituality does.I have alot of papers to write. i am going to get a Masters degree. Who wouldve thunk it.I like to write. I got published twice. another gift.Sometimes I am on a hamster cage with my thinking, I go to a meeting when the going gets rough. have been trying the AA program to get clean and sober for many years. I finally got sober in 2000. I do not know why I became willing to take ant-depressants but I did. Getting off of them has been the hardest experience of my life. I went to a shrink thinking she could fix me. I will trade in my anti- depressions for my own problems.I have two children and one is in the program.i went to school to become an addictions counselor, now I have a BA in sociology. None of this would have happened had I been drinking and using.I tore up my body and have to deal with feeling weak every now and then.I wanted to be anyone but me. i tried everything to die and I am still here.People like me live under bridges and die everyday.I have a good relationship. I did not like people when I got clean. I was very afraid of being vulnerable and intimate. Gradually I allowed my sponsor to guide me through the fear of people places and things.i thought that I was one of the ones that could not get clean and sober. Eight years later I have been proven wrong time and time again. I do not know what is best for me, but my spirituality does.I have alot of papers to write. i am going to get a Masters degree. Who wouldve thunk it.I like to write. I got published twice. another gift.Sometimes I am on a hamster cage with my thinking, I go to a meeting when the going gets rough.

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