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Addiction & Recovery

EYESORE 9001

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6. I have often said

Reply to Clouds Passing (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 10:10 AM

Aug 2024

that, assuming ethyl alcohol had not already been discovered and only recently synthesized, it would end up on the list of Schedule I drugs, having no useful medical purpose.

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Alcohol Destroys Lives And Ruins Families [View all] Clouds Passing Aug 2024 OP

I'm 3 1/2 years sober - giving it up was one of the hardest things I've ever endured. Dennis Donovan Aug 2024 #1

Proud of you Dennis! Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #2

Thank you! Dennis Donovan Aug 2024 #3

Thank you ☺️ Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #8

Detox sounds horrible. bif Aug 2024 #9

Good job! Yeah detox was one of the worst things I've ever been through in my life... Dennis Donovan Aug 2024 #10

I'm on Celexa, an anti-depressant that is also prescribed for alcoholism. That's not why I'm on it but brewens Aug 2024 #4

Proud of you, brewens! Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #5

Nothing to be proud of. The only reason I quit was because I had to. I'd still be drinking my few hundred buck worth brewens Aug 2024 #7

I have often said EYESORE 9001 Aug 2024 #6

Sometimes, not directly related to the drinker - except via DUI. RandomNumbers Aug 2024 #11