Posted by Jane D on August 22, 2001, at 10:09:31
In reply to Re: JUST FOR TODAY, posted by stjames on August 21, 2001, at 18:38:31
> > Not unless there was some other form of drug dependency.
> >
> > Rosa, Would you post the same thing on a board for insulin dependent diabetics?
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> james here.....
>
> Then How is thei board different ?
>
> jamesJane here (I've always appreciated your adding that to long posts)
I think we ARE different. There seems to be a strong suggestion that some addictions are caused by an attempt to self medicate an underlying psychiatric illness. Years can go by in which you wonder why your friends can stop and you can't. Discovering effective meds can be a revelation but you can still be left with an addiction to the other drugs even though they are now unnecessary.
This doesn't seem to be the Narcotics Anonymous message (sponsors of that site) and I'm not sure of the motives of the original post. I'm choosing to give it a positive interpretation and think that it could help people who have chosen to stop using a drug stick with that decision. Still, I'd hope that in making a decision in the first place they would give more weight to sites like this one.
I don't want to mislead anyone by implying personal experience. I was lucky. For me it was only nicotine. But I've known people who weren't so lucky. I think you were luckier still in that you discovered meds so early. Often I am jealous of you for that. At other, more reasonable, times I am relieved and encouraged to know that I too may still be OK after another 20 years has gone by.
Jane
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