Comments on: On Self Medicating

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:28:27 +0000

Funny, I thought I was the only one who’d discovered that little trick. And I’m generally a teetotaler! *laugh* I appreciate your candor so much! Moving to Seattle has been sooooo hard, but I suddenly feel so understood….

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:29:13 +0000

[...I wish I had taken that one moment to steal myself against my inner rage...]
I love that image.

[...Whether we self-medicate with alcohol, food, the internet, novels or sleep, the point remains the same. We are searching for something to take the edge off and help us deal with the circumstances of life...]
Won’t it be nice when we have no more vices? I believe this CAN happen. I believe we can be set free from those external things we use to take the edge off.

[...I read it with the hope that someday our edge will be soothed by our Savior, and the alcohol will be just a smaller part of it all...]
The above was sent to me by email from a reader, and I share her same hope.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:37:23 +0000

You’ve got balls, Jen (and I mean that in the best possible way).

Way to open up the conversation on something that, I believe, many people deal with. Whether we self-medicate with alcohol, food, the internet, novels or sleep, the point remains the same. We are searching for something to take the edge off and help us deal with the circumstances of life. Thank you for sharing your experience.

I think you are right, you are able to write this now because you have gained some perspective. The journey is by no means over, for any of us, and it is so encouraging to see how far you have come. Every time you write of these milestone posts, I am reminded of how proud I am of you and how thankful I am to be your friend.

By: Melissa B.

Melissa B. — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:07:59 +0000

I feel ya. Sometimes it’s a clove cigarette for me and a drive alone in the car. Other times, it’s that shot that you spoke of.

By: Jenn (with 2 ns)

Jenn (with 2 ns) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:44:48 +0000

I couldn’t help but thinking that this could be submitted for the WFMW posts on Rocks in My Dryer

I think, before we pick up that stone to throw, that we need to decide which is more harmful……ONE shot of vodka? Or verbally shrinking our kids to the size of a rollypolly bug? (at least that’s how my kids look in my eyes at the end of a verbal lashout) It is those times, in my own shame and guilt, that I wish I had taken that one moment to steal myself against my inner rage…..even if it is packaged in a shot glass.

Keep rockin’ on!