(((Splitimage)))

I can't answer your question because I am still self medicating with alcohol. I do know that I absolutely HATE what I have become. I am ashamed...You have my admiration that you have been brave enough to try to change. You should be so proud of yourself even though you have had setbacks! At least you have had the courage to seek help and try.

Your post tonight is very timely as my daughter has had a bladder disease since she way 14 (diagnosed at 18). After her diagnosis, she was prescribed very powerful pain meds...She is now 26 and has a bad problem. Today she had her first appt with a recovery center that will help her detox and provide her support. She is so scared...and I am scared for her too. They told her that this will be a life long struggle, but with the right support she will be able to get better. She asked me if I would go to an NA meeting with her at the church we used to attend when she was a child. Tonight I am feeling like it has come full circle..In helping herself I think she might just help me too.