Seeking Treatment & Fellowship

[LiftedOne411]

I'm 50 days clean and sober today, the nightmare that swallowed the last 6 years of my life is over...In clearing away the wreckage and rebuilding the foundation of my new life I seek community, therapy, medication that I so stubbornly refused as a child, resources, understanding and guidance. I live in the Reno NV area, I'm on Medicaid, I'm broke but just got a Barista job and intend to return to college in Spring 2020...I need treatment! Psychiatrist, social worker, therapist, anything pointing in the right direction, specifically someone to help me get back on medication.

Thanks for reading.

[dubstepMaul]

hi LiftedOne! Welcome to the community. Congrats on your sobriety! hope you find the treatment you need.

God bless.

[LiftedOne411 in reply to dubstepMaul]

Thank you, admittedly I had little hope at first but I see from these responses that this may be an effective means of communication for me. Life is kind of like fishing sometimes. God bless!

[lowell1]

Congratulations on your courage to change! Our egos are so deceitful, and blind us to our role in our unhappiness.

You’ve got a lot to do (over time) but you can do it. It takes a shift in how you see the world and what you expect from yourself (and others)

Come up with a daily plan of finding gratitude in things you might otherwise overlook.

Total shot in the dark on this: Give some thought to how you’ve dealt with “discomfort”. Have you gone far out of your way to avoid it? Have you made your life worse by doing so? If so, you’ll be blown away when you come to realize you’re stronger and more resilient than you thought.

Check out the idea of stoicism. Tim Ferris talks a lot about it and describes how the concept/philosophy is integral to most successful entrepreneurs.

Change your diet. Eat less sugar.

Get into a gym, (watch YouTube videos if you’re not sure what to do) or take on some sort of strenuous exercise. Doing so absolutely compliments your mental shift.

Don’t mean to preach - only trying to support and encourage.

Good luck to you!!!

[LiftedOne411 in reply to lowell1]

Thanks for the advice. Every little piece of it helps. Nutrition is definitely a priority in my life, it might even be my major when I go back to school!

[Creighton]

Well done on 50 days clean and sober. My alcoholism came out of undiagnosed adhd, self med for years. But like a loan sharks when I got diagnosed with adhd the debt I’d built up in alcohol dependence was beyond my ability to pay. So about lose my family ended up at A.A. proved priceless in so many ways. Belief in a Higher Power and the 12 steps are a good guide to living with adhd and the scars of addiction. Just don’t rush at everything all at once, healing comes with time, nothing fast lasts. I hope you enjoy and grow on you journey👣👣👣God bless

[LiftedOne411 in reply to Creighton]

Thank you very much, your words definitely resonated with me. Slowbriety seems to be the way it for me, it teaches me patience. Just got a copy of the Dual recovery book in the mail today pretty excited to start reading that. Onward and upward!

[Roknadhd]

Congratulations on your sobriety. I am in recovery myself and also in treatment for ADHD. If you haven't found them already, I can't recommend Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous highly enough. They have been my greatest support for staying sober. Finding a higher power and following the 12 steps keeps me sober and I've found that those same steps can be used to deal with my ADHD.

[LiftedOne411 in reply to Roknadhd]

There's a lot of overlaps in recovery programs and in treatment for mental health conditions, I've recently found that "dual recovery" makes a cohesive blend of these things.