Hi everyone. Long story short: my mother is a closet alcoholic of 10 years, and although my family has tried intervening on countless occasions, she always brushed it off as though she didn’t have a problem, and that we were all delusional. I was only a kid, so I tried not to get involved. Now, [...]
I just got a job at an Adult Residential Treatment Center for substance abuse and I’m scared I won’t be able to manage my emotions and get too involved with the clients I will be working with. My parents were addicts 10 years ago so it’s no a huge problem anymore but I just don’t [...]
In Washington State-I have heard a rumor of a lawsuit of a person with a neurology problem (tremor) and was taking a drug long term (around 10+/- years) and now he is unable to walk. I want to know the drug he was taking……..I have experienced the same problems and the drug I was prescribed [...]
I have been having these crazy panic attacks, but they start off like the sensations I used to feel when I took ecstasy. I haven’t taken the drug in like 10 years, but when I did I took it a lot. Has anyone else had any long term side effects or flashbacks from ecstasy or [...]
I quit using drugs the first time I really tried which was over 10 years ago. I have several addict friends who question whether or not I am an addict. I don’t need that label and frankly can live without it, however, I work in substance abuse treatment and feel strongly that addicts can overcome [...]
for the "spirit of recovery" award? this is a non profit that offers counseling to clietns with addiction issues, and she is a person who is in recovery herself. She has 10 years in recovery and although she is rough on the edges, she is always trying to improve and learn and very open to [...]
An X friend of mine is wanted for 2 counts of attempted court,4 charges of child abuse & neglect,failure to pay child support for 10 years,and failure to go go alcohol/drug rehabilitation to keep her 1 child. She fled to S.C. before her child custody case and has lived there ever since. I went to [...]
An X friend of mine is wanted for 2 counts of attempted court,4 charges of child abuse & neglect,failure to pay child support for 10 years,and failure to go go alcohol/drug rehabilitation to keep her 1 child. She fled to S.C. before her child custody case and has lived there ever since. I went to [...]
In the late 1980s, early 1990s, I was disqualified from driving for driving with excess alcohol. i then received a letter from DVLA informing me that I may have to attend a medical before the return of my licence. Almost 18 years passed before I needed my licence. 10 years ago I began drinking heavily [...]
I am 31 and have never been pregnant. I was diagnosed with PCOS about 9 or 10 years ago, and have never really followed through with treating the condition. I have been married for five years and now I’m starting to get worried that I won’t be able to have children. I have been to [...]