YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I understand what you ate saying. Anxiety for me is here and now and causes attacks. Depression on the other hand is slow for me i feel it long before its reality. When i hit the bottom of the pit though i would rather have the anxiety instead. It passes the depression doesnt seem to its a slippery ...

Hello Oak and any lurkers, I have cut it out completley. I had a weekend of blackout and woke up monday morning a couple of weeks ago in such a depressed state that i didnt think i would make it through the day let alone the next few ours. I wanted to be dead. I realized i could not live like this a...

I have no doubts drinking still after rehab is a path to destruction. the problem is quitting, I love my wife and children but i am an alcoholic that desires the bottle regardless. I have tried the meetings and I have tried therapy. So far I have tried 4 therapists that obviously do not understand a...

Finished rehab quite some time ago. I learned alot about myself and made some great fiends . I still drink although not as much . I found 12 step to be tedious an found going to meetings to be a trigger initself. People talking about drinking made me anxious to drink i could actually taste the alcoh...

Thanks Oak will do.

Hey All, I am going into Detox/Rehab tomorrow at 3:pm. I am scared to death. My drug of choice is alcohol because I wont buy anything illegal. It started with opiates but when I couldnt get any more I went to alcohol I am drinking till I black out each night. I dont know what to expect when I get in...