Posted by FredPotter on December 30, 2002, at 20:34:45
In reply to Re: The Truth About Clonazepam -- long, posted by Donna Louise on December 30, 2002, at 17:41:29
I expect 12-steps help some people, but I had 5 weeks of it and it made no sense, although I enjoyed the communal living and the remarkable people I met. I found their attitude to benzos was clueless and implausible however.
When I started they were horrified to find me with Xanax on my person. They said that they were like "solid alcohol". When I asked them what they meant they said, "Xanax and alcohol are chemically related". "So are CO and CO2 but their mechanism of action is somewhat different", I thought to myself. They took them off me along with Zopiclone, which they said was also a benzo. "No it's not", I thought. There was also a patient in there who abused Klonopin. What sort of abuse is it that doesn't give you euphoria? This is the only reason I can think of for abusing a drug. I think I know enough about Xanax to know that no amount would give me euphoria.
On another occasion in a hospital setting the Xanax was stopped almost abruptly and I was in a very bad way. Their reasons were "addicive potential" and "paradoxical anxiety". I don't know about the second one, but what does addictive potential mean to someone who has been taking that drug or another from the same family for 35 years, on and off, mostly on?
Fred (still alcohol-free with Xanax prn and definitely not 12-stepping)
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