Thanks for the kind responses. While I never celebrate AA birthdays around the tables because I truely believe I'm granted sobriety one day at a time, I have ten years clean & sober. For that entire time I've never abused my prescription meds...which you point out are different than other forms of "pill popping," leejoseph. I sponsor two people, but have never told them about my use of psych meds; I'm not sure if I should, or not. You also point out that., "The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking."

LadyShadow, I, too, take klonopin to help me sleep. Even taking them I generally only get 4-5 hours of sleep; being bipolar, I know what happens if I get less than that - it's the "funny farm!" As you mentioned, being a controlled substance, it's virtually impossible to abuse klonopin as they are particularly stict about refill policies (the 30 day rule).