New here! Looking to meet more people in recovery, specifically

Recovery
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New here! Looking to meet more people in recovery, specifically mental health recovery & awareness while also being sober. Have a nice afternoon!

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Mental health treatment was a key component of my recovery. I've been suffering from depression and anxiety since I was a child, and self-medicating pretty much my entire adult life.

I fully believe I wouldn't be sober today were it not for medication and therapy.

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Dual diagnosis is tough. I am bipolar, and was stuck in the bottle for 12 years. It wasn’t until I got sober that I could deal with the bipolar correctly. Now i can finally say I am at peace in my own mind.

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#5

Hello, send me a friend request and let’s talk!

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#6

Welcome :pray: so happy you’re here

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#7

Good morning, dual diagnosis is challenging. You cannot treat one without treating the other- that's for sure.

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#8

Same here & really no shame. I didn’t deal with an addiction to alcohol per se, but it added to self destruction & terrible choices because it really affects brain health. I may be boring now & my world is pretty small, but stability & peace is priceless to me.

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Added!

#10

That’s basically why I go to all recovery in weconnect. A lot of people are there for mental health or dual. It’s helped me so much

#11

Thanks for sharing. I have a Dual Diagnosis as well. It took time to find the correct meds for my Bipolar disability and now that I have, it has greatly improved my recovery

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#12

It really is manageable (not easy) if you get on the right meds, no benzos or sleeping pills only real BP meds for sleep, get sober, exercise & have a recovery community or counseling. I honestly have benefited much, much more from the recovery community than I ever did counseling. I also set a very strict daily self care routine & daily meditation also. It takes a lot, but it is possible. The hard thing is moving forward after knowing it could have been managed earlier if I hadn’t been so stubborn to do the right thing for me.

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I’m on a couple Recovy platforms and they have helped a lot. Especially, The Mighty. Thanks for chatting

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#14

Besides alcoholism I also have Anxiety disorder (OCD) and depression

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