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

I just wanted to say there are OA meetings that are free and everywhere. It's a 12 step program. I found it very difficult to work the steps especially the part about God but I still benefit from the program. I take what I need from it and I don't worry about the steps that make me want to throw up....

I have been where you are. It's most difficult when you are younger. I'm 65 and was shot by my father before the age of 4. I have wandered in the desert all of my life with PTSD, depression, anxiety, phobias, unwanted thought syndrome, night terrors, panic attacks, and addiction to anything that mak...