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<blockquote data-quote="Rumpole" data-source="post: 554010" data-attributes="member: 15255"><p>(Disclaimer: < - - - Resident difficult child)</p><p></p><p>I might be what you call a partial success story. I'm from Sydney, Australia. I'm 26 now, and at law school in London (UK). I had problems with ADHD, anxiety, depression, drug abuse (heroin).</p><p></p><p>There wasn't any magic bullet, and even when I wanted to get "clean", it was only that at an abstract level I wanted it; I didn't even want to give up recreational drugs generally (cocaine, ecstasy, GHB etc). For the heroin, I was treated with suboxone, and was given a degree of latitude to simply pretend a lot of it didn't happen. That meant that I had a tiny degree of being able to feel like I could have a fresh start, not the AA/NA "You're an addict forever, we'll never let you live this down".</p><p></p><p>Has it been easy? No. Has it been effective? With qualifications, yes. I still drink (though not to excess), I still get depressed and anxious and stop answering my Mum's phone calls. On the other hand, I'm in law school and hold down a part-time job and live independently 12,000 miles away from home. As I said, not so much a total turnaround as much as putting one foot in front of the other; even if it's two steps forward and one step back, at least in net terms, I'm moving forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rumpole, post: 554010, member: 15255"] (Disclaimer: < - - - Resident difficult child) I might be what you call a partial success story. I'm from Sydney, Australia. I'm 26 now, and at law school in London (UK). I had problems with ADHD, anxiety, depression, drug abuse (heroin). There wasn't any magic bullet, and even when I wanted to get "clean", it was only that at an abstract level I wanted it; I didn't even want to give up recreational drugs generally (cocaine, ecstasy, GHB etc). For the heroin, I was treated with suboxone, and was given a degree of latitude to simply pretend a lot of it didn't happen. That meant that I had a tiny degree of being able to feel like I could have a fresh start, not the AA/NA "You're an addict forever, we'll never let you live this down". Has it been easy? No. Has it been effective? With qualifications, yes. I still drink (though not to excess), I still get depressed and anxious and stop answering my Mum's phone calls. On the other hand, I'm in law school and hold down a part-time job and live independently 12,000 miles away from home. As I said, not so much a total turnaround as much as putting one foot in front of the other; even if it's two steps forward and one step back, at least in net terms, I'm moving forward. [/QUOTE]
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