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

Hey Oak, Thanks for your response. I actually have decided to stop drinking... i'm just really taking it "one step at a time", or in little increments. It's funny how so many men don't respect that I don't want to drink. I've dated guys before that have seen me in my shit faced glory that ...

hugs. i absolutely loathe holidays and go out of my way to not think about them. i spent my night, after forcing myself to see my family (thinking it would be healthy for me... more about that in a sec) focusing on myself and setting my goals for the next couple months. I think that feeling shitty a...

Oh and yes, my name is an Anais Nin reference.

I've listened to the podcast for a while now, but made an account to actually interact after listening to Kira's story. I'm also a 29 year old female dealing with sobriety, sexuality, and anxiety issues. I haven't done drugs in like a decade, but because of the fact that I'm around alcohol all day e...

I just listened to the Kira podcast and I felt the need to post something about it. I've never heard a person's story that resembled my own quite so much, except for she happened to save herself from her issues at a much earlier age than I have managed to. This is going to come off as super journali...