Posted by jay60 on September 22, 2002, at 8:48:10
In reply to my sad life story long but interesting , posted by brice on September 21, 2002, at 5:25:28
Brice
Do you consider yourself to be a drug addict?
It sounds to me like you are; you may want to get some treatment? I have also had many problems with drug and alcohol I have been to treatment and see a psychologist and go to A.A & N.A meeting, they really do help. I know you don't want to go to A.A but you may be pleasantly surprised, the people are good people who you can really relate to, most of them do not try and push any B.S on you. I also see a psychologist
To try and find out what the underlining problem is that causes my substance abuse. I know there are a lot of people who do not have drug problems who think that being irresponsible is the cause are having no will power, being an immoral person and things such as this. When you start being around people who have substance abuse problems (and are trying to help themselves) you will find that many of them have had very successful lives and all these stereotypes are not true. My pychologest and I believe that I may have ADD, which causes depression, anxiety and substance abuse problems many people; there are also many other mental disorders that may cause substance abuse.
I meet people who have problems with depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, bipolar, OCD, social Phobia in A.A who have spent year's self-medicating themselves with drug and alcohol. If you can get a good diagnosis of your problem them you can treat it specifically with drugs used for this particular disorder, therapy and also a support group thought A.A.
I know you would like to blame your father for your problems and this may be justifiable. But unless you begin to look into your self for the cause of your problem you cannot change. You can only change yourself you can't change your father so don't waste your time trying. Maybe when he sees you improving and becoming a better and happier person this may prompt him to do the same.P.S your life story can change into a happy one, by being through what you have, you can develop a gift of helping people that most people will never have. This may sound crazy but one day you may consider you're past problem to be a gift.
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