Posted by partlycloudy on July 11, 2004, at 12:39:58
In reply to Re: Depression and families, posted by cakins on July 11, 2004, at 9:47:46
Wow, the boards are verey quiet this weekend. Up until a week ago I couldn't go to the grocery store or a shopping mall without having a panic attack. I still get them but they are getting better. I actually spent the afternoon yesterday with a co-worker at a mall. I did have to take a xanax to do it, but it was a major accomplishment for me.
I know how safe a house is, even with all the reminders that surround you about your kids. If I'm having a pabic attack, it vanishes as soon as I shut the front door behind me. Drinking is self-medication as they say. It's a way (not a good one!) to escape pain and enter oblivion. Some people can't understand that that is preferrable to where we are, but it's legal, it's affordable, you don't have to make any excuses about it. I'm not rerally a good person to talk about drinking since I come from a fine family of alcoholics. Of course I'm one too, but I'm like George Thorogood and "I drink alone," Never in public.
So we all have our demons, our foibles, our faults. I'm glad your brother told you about this place. it's safe here.
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