Posted by SimSun on February 24, 2006, at 22:56:05
In reply to Re: Fell off the wagon » Larry Hoover, posted by AMD on February 6, 2006, at 14:15:57
Interesting. I was doing research on Finnish Mythology and happened to see your posts. I'm a MENSA member, now sober for 7 years. I tried every mind-altering substance available to me, and was able to free myself of all my addictions (cocaine was the most difficult) using my will and my intellect...with the notable exception of alcohol.
I attended AA meetings regularly during the first 3 years of my sobriety. I now attend whenever I want, but I do go for months without setting foot in an AA hall. I have many AA friends with whom I have regular phone conversations and whose company I enjoy in the real world.
I've met many intelligent people who have been unable to drink alcohol successfully...even with the aid of psychiatrists, prescription medications, herbal remedies, biofeedback, hypnosis and every other form of self-help known to mankind. I've met one psychiatrist and several therapists who are AA members.
Unfortunately, alcoholism has no respect for IQ scores, talent or accomplishments.
I wish you the best of luck in all of your endeavors. I can assure you that you will recover your mental accuity if you are able to stop drinking before permanent damage is done. Unfortunately, I have a friend I can now only visit in a nursing home. One can never know when permanent damage will be done. I'm sure she would have preferred death, and perhaps that was her aim, but she is no longer coherent enough to understand life or death. Mentally, she is in an infantile state with no end in sight, since she is a physically healthy woman.
Know that there is someone praying for you. That someone is me.
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