Posted by ramsea on February 9, 2004, at 4:51:49
In reply to Re: My pdoc is Crazy????? (and coffee too), posted by Dalilah on February 5, 2004, at 12:27:12
I have experienced this from AA in the UK. It ruined my career and reputation---their lack of acceptance of bipolar and its treatment, and my wellnesss as a result. I am now quite anti-AA. Their attitude hurt me badly, nealy killed me and now has cost me a lot in terms of counseling jobs in my small region. Over some 20 years my social suport was mostly 12-step, so having lost that center of my life I have no friends, zero. It's been hell. I am recovering from a very destructive breakdown, but matters would have gone more smoothly had the AA members who called me their good friend actually stood by me during hospitalization and convalescence. I have to reinvent myself.
Remake a life. At 47, no easy task. I also have to keep looking the other way as most of the former friends don't want to say hello--which is fine. But it is all so awkward. I do hope to move away from here someday. There are a few rehab centers around here, so in a small town that makes the whole situation a little, excuse the word, tight.
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