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

I don't know how to edit my above post. I meant to include a link

https://www.intherooms.com/member/home

I hope I'm not too late to be helpful but, there is a website called In The Rooms that has online meetings for many many 12 step programs. You can attend the meeting without being seen if you wish, or you can participate by webcam.
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Me too, me too. I HATE the phone, there's always a person on the other end who will confuse me with their intent of trying to interact with me- I will do my best, & then afterwards I will wonder for a while how crazy they thought the person on the other end of their phone was. Could they tell th...

I'm instantly reminded of Jimmy's Jay Leno impression "did you see this, did you hear about this?" as the opening to his act.

That's beautiful.

It's funny (or sad) to see things like anxiety & depression that have been a part of life all along, and at 40 going "Oh that's anxiety, Yeah that's a part of every day & everything, other people aren't experiencing that?!!!"

Shoshonna, I became a single parent (dad) to my kids when they were 2 & 3. This was a tremendous shock to my entire persona, & I did not handle with Grace. Yelling at my kids, who I have always loved deeply, became a daily thing. I could not control my anger & was disgustingly horrified ...

100% Agree with Murphy, Jim Norton is a very interesting character.

A friend of mine says "If you only lose control 3 out of 10 times that you start, do you know which 3 it will be? If you don't know which 3, do you really have control?"

Addict or Alcoholic can both be pretty loose terms. I thought it might be a good discussion to define specific characteristics to help people who are confused or unsure if their using or drinking has started crossing some lines. In my life, addiction hit me like an invisible steam roller at 13. I re...