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Originally Posted by JaneOnceMore
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Yes, i've struggled with benzo addiction. I tried to withdraw a few years ago and had to settle for harm reduction. I cut my consumption down 75%. I wished it could have been zero, but i started misbehaving and having confrontations in public places. I guess i am just a person that needs 5mg of Valium to function.
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What do you think of Twelve Step programs?
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I think they help a lot of people and form a fellowship among many members that is beneficial in various ways. As for my own criticisms of it, I wish the religious aspects were calmed more or eliminated. When that is voiced, by many beyond just me, there is a strong resistence, especially in the United States. Also, some written passages make mental illness sound like something that could be fought by prayer and adherance/practice to The Twelve Steps. I won't even go further into that!
How far from home have you ever gone just by yourself? No one with you, other than maybe a pet.