I have a question for all you veterans of the Sz disease. I’ve been experiencing this thing we call Sz for about 42 years now. And about 10 years ago I experienced a transformation. By that I mean life started getting easier again. I found love again which I believe was a big factor in my recovery. I had started a med besides Haldol that worked out pretty good. I had a good support system in my parents. Has anyone else experienced kind of a rebirth later in life after being hard hit by Sz. Please let me know and maybe we can share some good stories!
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Well, it happened to me but I know the reason why. In 1990 I was living in a group home. I had just gotten clean. In short order: I quit drugs, I got a girlfriend, I got a job, went back to school and made a good friend and many aquaintences in AA, CA and NA. I started socializing a lot with my friend and with my family and their friends.
I had a good run of about 6 years then I moved out of the group home and rented a room in my sisters house and became friends with one of her friends. Then I got a car. Those were some good years and I attribute my success to getting clean and sober. I had a few more good years after I moved in with my sister but it’s been an incremental downhill slide ever since then.
In AA we have a saying: “Pulling your covers” . In other words when someone exposes you on your bullsh*t and exposes things you don’t want others to know or see. Life is catching up with me and I’m being stripped of all my masks and defenses. I don’t know when it will stop but the result ain’t pretty.
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I am in a rebirth phase again now.
I think it really started when I started Abilify medication 3 years ago as an add on.
Things could go really good or really bad. Before all I saw was things going to very bad. Now I have new hope to continue to improve and hopefully be less fragile to where the slightest stress would break me before.
Your post is very inspirational, before my rebirth all was just staying out of mental hospitals and stable. Now I have the addition of maybe living some more of my dreams in life.
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I see this as harming you rather than building you and helping you. I Know AA is to help poeple right.
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Well, i think with addiction people tend to create a lot of fabrications about themselves to get by or survive. It sounds like a good thing to me to let go of all the bs. Ive had some trouble with addiction in the past too and went to rehab and all that. I dont go to an na or aa though.
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Is overcoming addictions like a rebirth again of having a go at life again without having to worry about the harm done by the addiction.
I’m a depressed person. When I sleep too long I’m too depressed to get up. But, things have gotten much better after thirty five years. My voices have lost their bite. My anger and self abuse went on and on and it just can’t continue as long as there’s rules in the universe. I have high hopes for my guitar and mandolin. I’m a big believer in music keeping one young.
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Oh, it’s definitely a negative thing that’s unfortunately part of life (and recovery).
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