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Breakdown...

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it's been a really rough year... in the last year I lost a grandfather, a beloved pet, a best friend of a heroin overdose, my job, and my other best friend, my fiancé...I've been a drinker for quite a while now, but in the last six months I've drank less than when I first started...I've begun meditating instead of self medicating, and it's brought up a ton of painful stuff...I usually cut myself, starve myself and drink til I black out when I have a breakdown, but I haven't been doing that this time...I need help getting to the next step of recovery...

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you've been through hell in the past year and the strength you have to not bury yourself in a bottle is commendable. As for the next step of recovery I'm not sure anyone here can give you that. I think that your best bet at being healed and getting back to your old self would be to see a Professional such a Psychiatrist or Therapist. Seeing a Therapist would be talk therapy only, they cannot RX drugs, so that may be more in line with what you're doing now.

I sincerely hope that you continue on your path of healing and recovery and that you keep up the strength you have to do so.

Take care,
Kat
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