Wanted to introduce myself to the boards. Name's Eric and I heard about this from someone at my IOP sessions talking about "online meetings." It sounded perfect for me, as I used to spend free time at work browsing a bunch of drug using message boards :/ So now I can still spend time on a message board and it should be a lot healthier for me!
I just got my one month clean tag and I've been attending meetings regularly after my first trip to rehab. I went from trying to kill myself a month ago to feeling better than I have ever felt in my whole life! I have NA and the great people and stories I hear there to thank.
I'm also schizophrenic and have never been around a group of people I felt like honestly admitting my mental illness to like I have been at NA. Its great and its healthy for me to be in a completely free environment where I can simply say what I feel.
Hi Eric, Welcome to MIP . Congrats on 30 days. It is truly a miracle. Keep going to your meetings. The therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel. But also visit here often . There is alot of experience ,strength and hope in these rooms.
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The fundamental delusion of humanity , is to suppose that I am here and you are out there .
Hi Eric! Glad you're here! Thirty days is a LONG time! Having schizophrenia is an extra challenge but this should give you hope... A woman in my home group is a diagnosed and treated schizophrenic, and she has some difficulties with voices and hallucinations at times in spite of her medications... She just celebrated 17 years clean!
Keep coming back! It's OK to be you!
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"The truth doesn't change based on my inability to stomach it". - Flannery O'Connor
Welcome home Eric, congrats on the BIG 30 Miraculous 24 Hours, way to go, your positive attitude and energy is infectious I must admit, yes, it's great to simply say what I feel in a safe and free environment that NA provides us with, keep coming back, or better yet, stay with us
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
Recognizing the mental illness and when it kicks in give us a chance to work the program of NA, go easy on yourself, easy does it when that stuff surfaces.
