So glad I found this post, blessings to all. 55 disabled lpn, single, alone, no booze no meds 18 months, first aa meeting i went to and listened I knew I was home and no longer lonely, I belonged. Every person that shared, said a part of my story. Was under psch care most of my life, no meds for it until 07 when i had a seizure from drinking too much and bit most of my tongue off. so then i was on about 6 differnt meds but i did not drink, up until 2010 my i went to visit my 30 year old and she told me what a loser i was etc etc. so i said to myself, well i will show her and went out and got my case of beer, yes everyone beer was my choice and a case a day, so i started showin her drinking a case a day, 2 weeks into it she realized i was drinking and on all the meds, so her answer was to take my money and buy a one way ticket back to pa knowing that i had given up my home and gave every thing away, so i had no where to go when i went back to pa, so one of my many sisters said i could stay at her place and she has the 24 7 party house whatever you want etc. so she gave me a corner and a small bed. i continued to drink and takes meds for the next 6 months every day, did not eat, and the next thing i know i wake up and was told that i died and all my organs were dead!!!! there was my entire family all my freinds etc., that was jan 23 2011, it was then i took charge of my life, for the first time, went to a great medical center because of the liver and kidneys and it was also spritual and rehab in philadelphia, i was there for 2 months, so my journey has begun and it keeps getting better everyday, hard work trying to take care of me, what is that i take care of everybody else, i wore i nuring uniform for 30 years what do i wear now, etc etc
i have learned i was a binge drinker, then of course it was every day, but then it got to the point i had to have it in my body or i would vomit and go in my pants, i needed to get down about 6 cans of beer to be able to walk to get another case and start all over again.
so for all the younger ones out there, do it now, do not wait until you are 55, also, as far a meds go i was labled bipolar szief all of it and what i have learned being clear headed i have fibromyglia and the weaterher congtrols me, pain so bad, but i am not in the same mood every day?????? blessings and prayers, i am new on this and learning my laptop to please excuse me for all the mess up's