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Old Aug 10, 2015, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by emwell View Post
If one is going to question whether drug addicts can drink, you need to look at whether alcoholics can take drugs.

Back in 1988 I started in AA. After quite a few years of total abstinence from anything and everything (except nicotine and caffeine/when I started AA I started caffeine) my doctor put me on medication for depression and anxiety. When Old timers in AA found out, I was shunned. In their eyes I was no longer sober.

I unfortunately believed them. I was told, after the fact, I should not have told anyone, but then I am not being honest.
That seems to be the old timers' motto. I take benzos, so I'm not 'sober' until I quit. So I quit going to AA. I don't want my alcohol sobriety confused with me using prescribed medication as its prescribed for a MI. I would love to be able to live life without them, but I'd rather not be shaking and having trouble breathing under a table somewhere.
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