Sometimes I feel my life is like a corkscrew landing

[liberaltrucker]

Spiraling down into ??? I don't think this has anything to do with my infatuation with
Mr Budweiser. I've felt this LONG before I started drinking or imbibing in recreational
substances. From my early childhood, I knew something wasn't quite right.

Had these, um, moods-not violent, but reflective. Reflective about how life sucked.
Why an I here? Ah, but the Methodist Church assured me it's God's will that I'm
here and that all will be fine.

Um, so much for the supernatural. All ain't fine. Life still sucks, and if not for
the meds, I'd have ended it circa 1999.

Seek help? OK, my insurance will pay 90% of any medical bills. But what about time
off? Bradford says minimum 6-8 weeks recovery time. Who'll pay the bills when I can't
work? "I'm going down a spiral, Desination unknown"-from "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

:banghead:

[NMDemDist2]

1. who the hell is Bradford?

and why do you believe him?

6-8 weeks of recovery time?

I've been 'recovering' for 16 years. it gets better, then worse, then better again. It's a spiral all right, but I've managed to turn the direction around.

:hug: hang in there LT and if you don't like what you're getting, change what you're doing.

:hi:

[liberaltrucker]

2. Bradford is a chain of "treatment" centers in the Southeast

From what I understand, treatment consists of replacing one drug (alcohol) with another (Valium, Xanax, Librium, etc).

I don't need a new drug, I need a fucking attitude adjustment. I've needed one since I was a small kid.

In the grand scheme of things, it's no big deal. I'm just one of 6 billion folks on the planet. 5.5 billion have much larger concerns.
Like, "where the fuck is my next meal?" "Where can I find a beer" is pretty fucking pathetic.

Sorry about the rambling.

:)

BTW-I'm "ALDemDist4". Aderholt(R-AL)

[Kajsa]

3. LT, replacing one drug with another?

Unless there is a medical need for such ( that a good doctor/psychiatrist)
can determine.

uh-uh!

The whole idea is to become clean and sober.

Again, I'm not against medication if it is necessary- to " ban" all meds from
recovery is irresponsible at best.


Good luck to you!

We are here if you need us.

:hug:

[FloridaJudy]

9. Librium is frequently used

To treat DT's in detox. But it should only be used for a very short time. Once the danger of seizures or death - and let me stress the DT's can kill - is past, most ethical treatment facilities wean the patient off of librium as fast as possible.

As you said, banning all medications from recovery is irresponsible. I depend upon non-narcotic antidepressants to keep chronic pain at bay. But I'd run like hell in the opposite direction from any place that routinely kept clients on potentially addictive mood altering medications.

[SPKrazy]

4. Treatment doesn't have to consist of replacing one drug with another

in fact that doesn't sound like any treatment I'd be interested in.

Well I might have been.

I've found something different in AA, and while not for everyone, the program of recovery outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymous has worked for millions of people around the world. Meetings are free.

I'd give that a try.

Valium, hmmm.... didn't stop me from drinking made me want to drink more.

I don't know what Bradford Treatment Centers are about, but I'd look elsewhere.

[old mark]

5. For one thing, valium

is a lousy drug. In many people it has paradoxical after effects-after the "good" is gone, a lot of people experience irritability, anger, mild depression. Take the next valium and it doesn't work as well, etc.
Get off the tranqs using a MD if necessary, and find a few good meetings.

I know about the valium because someone close to me was prescribed high daily doses of it for many years. She recently was able to stop taking it, told the doctor she never wanted to have a prescription for it again.

Good luck, stick around here.

mark

[Stuart G]

6. I was hooked on valium....for.

7 years............
Not good..stays in your system for quite a while, and lead to other, worse addictions. (and I was sure I wouldn't use again..I was wrong)
Be very, very, careful if you use it, and be sure that you stop as soon as possible

[Stuart G]

7. Also, valium causes short term memory loss.

[laylah]

8. It has to be very

frustrating...and lonely. :hug: We are here! :grouphug: