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

When you say "those people", do you mean those sober people? Those sober, laughing because of joy and crying at one another's struggles? The sober people who have a safe place to go, and many people they can call 24/7/365? Those people who care enough to set up a meeting space, welcome un...

I have been trying to stop drinking on my own and failing at it. I want help and I want support but I do not want to be in AA. When I go to meetings I feel weak and pathetic--I don't want to be one of those people: repeating clichés, letting AA take over their lives. (Don't worry, I may scorn these ...