Thank you both for your support. I am off the booze 9 days now. I can tell you I have had no withdrawal symptoms from it. I am so done with it. I am however having significant withdrawal symptoms...
I just had to tell my kids that I was going to live somewhere else. My wife and I are separating and we just broke the news. My stomach hurts from crying so hard. My daughter is 6 and a half and she...
shebsy I feel your pain and I am so sorry. I think its one of the hardest things to break. I am reading Breaking free of the codependency trap and I am only 13 pages in and the pages are all yellow...
LostInThought mommy.michele is dead on and Tuff love has some good points as well. I was on this board over the weekend and I saw my wifes I-Tunes up with recently downloaded songs. I was curious and...
LostInThought As I was driving into the city this morning at 5:45 what you wrote came back to me before I hit the tunnel. "When things seem like everything is burning down around you it is only doing...
Thanks LostInThought. I started AA already. I start an intensive outpatient addiction addiction program this week. I started seeing my old talk therapist again (I dont blame her, to your point, I...
I found out on Saturday that my wife wanted a separation after 12 years. I’ve been checked out on booze for years and the BP and rage made it all the worse. I was given chance after chance after...
Does anybody have any experience with codependant relationships. Im looking for a book or to share some other experiences with the group. I was in a 7 year relationship in my early 20s and I really...
serafena Its like you were reading my mind. I think I am very hyper aware and it bothers me that other people seem so oblivious to their surroundings. I cant let my have her own emotion, I have to...
Hi all, As a BP person I have been doing the same thing listed above. Self-medicating with alcohol, for the evry same reasons listed above. I have tried to stop many times and despite my wifes pleads...
BD_spouse There is much more to intamacy than sex and I am learning that the hard way. I could have sex all the time and it would be unfullfilling to my wife because we have no trust and no intimacy....
I signed up yesterday seeking answers to just this topic, amongst others. I feel that my medication has a direct effect on my level of creativity. When I was on Depakote it was really low. Now that I...
eli, Depakote made me have chronic diahrea and hunger/cravings. My weight went up 30lbs. I was in bed at 9 every night. A colleague of mine also had the chronic diahrea part. Everyone is different...
Hi, This is a long post, the help I seek is toward the bottom but I hope you will read the whole post. I am desperate to find somebody I can relate to. I just went to my first AA meeting tonight. I...