"It gets better" isn't just a cliche. Take it from me.

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10. Hey Rhiannon :-)

I wanted to pm you but I don't have enough posts ;-/..I have to start from scratch all over again..story of my life. 15 years or so on this board and here I am startinf all over again .
Hope Duppers is around...


So you have been there too huh. Well I find that if I go cold turkey long enough the habit gets broken. But the anti depressants are a huge help. I am trying to get my dad to see my shrink. I figure the alcoholism must be tied to a depressed default mode network in the brain.

But if AA works for you nothing like it. After all there have been some studies linking prozac to both cancer and glaucoma. It cannot be soing my liver and kidneys any favors either.


So ideally if one could do it without any help that would be ideal. But I think I have a limited amount of self control and a natural tendency to get rebellious even under self imposed discipline. So usually after a couple of good years I fall off the wagon spectacularly and get roaring drunk. So I like the anti-depressant path

I know AA is strict about that. Well congratulations but I am too weak and impatient for medication free, purely therapeutic approaches. I like medications..they are so tangible and real..heh...