1106 pts ยท May 20, 2022
Im not sure if you are earnestly asking, but there is no such thing as an alcoholic in the AA sense. But yes, this does meet the clinical criteria for problematic substance use. Especially if it is a cycle that keeps happening and is causing you distress and cognitive dissonance.
And an important diagnostic criteria for substance abuse disorder.
See an endocrinologist. There are ones that focus on reproductive hormones. They will be more knowledgeable about the complex system of hormones and options beyond BC. I have PCOS with high testosterone and I sure don't bother with the OB for that. It's really not often their expertise. My endo has never once suggested BC and everything is well-controlled. Good luck!!
Ghana is a country known for that in the 80s. The posters have been popular on the art market for 5-or-so years now. You're right this does look stylistically similar ;)
Look into the This Naked Mind PATH or Alcohol Experiment with Annie Grace. I won't shit on ppl who find AA helpful, but it's a dead end for many, esp ppl who aren't white+male. It set me up for failure with its punitive framework and focus on shame w 'relapse.' The PATH saved my life, & I've been *joyfully* alcohol-free for 2yrs now. I still Zoom w friends from my class once a wk just to catch up. Some day soon AA will no longer be the standard. Don't know how DMs work here, but feel free...
Really? Where? Only in New York? Are they well labeled? This story made me feel so fearful and inadequate. (I suppose I could google about all the above...)
I am *so* sorry and horrified. How did you find out? I hope you have gotten some good support to process and heal.
A riff on something I've seen attributed to Robert Downy Jr. Using humor helps diffuse other people's discomfort with *our* choices and signals to them how they should behave around people making those choices. Good job!
I used it to just find a doctor I knew I could feel safe with. I just saw her again yesterday for an IUD reapplication (I had to get my 1st one out because it was growing into the front of my uterus), and she's one of the best doctors I've ever had.
Holy shit that cannot be a thing
NPO is 'nil per os', "nothing by mouth" in Latin, either as an instruction or as a description of behavior. AMA is against medical advice.
Read the other day about a Dr. Dituri who was doing deep-sea research in a pressurized environment and claims to have regrown telomeres.... I would have to remind myself of details, but it's certainly a memorable result.
100%.
May I recommend reading This Naked Mind? It helped me reframe things as 'I don't have to drink' rather than 'I don't get to drink'.. Happily and gratefully going on 2 years alcohol free in July.
Yes. I had to find that feeling from my husband and my mother-in-law, the people I can be vulnerable with. But it is not the same fundamentally unconditional, non-judgmental comfort and love I still yearn to feel from my mother. Having that is a privilege many don't know they have.
I see where you're at. My autistic son screams at the barber but lives for bright or flashing lights, which is still surprising to me too!
We use the term "Byzantine" differently from the ancients. Byzantines called themselves and considered themselves "Roman".
Good point. Seems like messing with the ecosystem via 'bombings an invitation to trouble in multiple ways.
I try to explain this to other people, and they look at me weird.
I think 6 months is a standard wait time, tragically. Especially a problem when it implicates 'early intervention.'
Twins! I could only make enough for two babies for about 6 months and then had to supplement. Hardest thing I've ever done was BFing those 2
You've got this!! Seek medical help if you have access for withdrawl. Eat as well as you can. & check out This Naked Mind by Annie Grace.
Sea insect
Oh God, I had forgotten...
But if you don't or have difficulty it's not a failure. There is lack of access to care. Noone would see me for my post-natal appts, for ex.
#40, an actual plot point from Strange New Worlds.
I am so sorry. If u need professional support, may I suggest KarlaAdkins.com, her new book abt her cirrhosis dx, or her podcast interviews.
Im not sure if you are earnestly asking, but there is no such thing as an alcoholic in the AA sense. But yes, this does meet the clinical criteria for problematic substance use. Especially if it is a cycle that keeps happening and is causing you distress and cognitive dissonance.
And an important diagnostic criteria for substance abuse disorder.
See an endocrinologist. There are ones that focus on reproductive hormones. They will be more knowledgeable about the complex system of hormones and options beyond BC. I have PCOS with high testosterone and I sure don't bother with the OB for that. It's really not often their expertise. My endo has never once suggested BC and everything is well-controlled. Good luck!!
Ghana is a country known for that in the 80s. The posters have been popular on the art market for 5-or-so years now. You're right this does look stylistically similar ;)
Look into the This Naked Mind PATH or Alcohol Experiment with Annie Grace. I won't shit on ppl who find AA helpful, but it's a dead end for many, esp ppl who aren't white+male. It set me up for failure with its punitive framework and focus on shame w 'relapse.' The PATH saved my life, & I've been *joyfully* alcohol-free for 2yrs now. I still Zoom w friends from my class once a wk just to catch up. Some day soon AA will no longer be the standard. Don't know how DMs work here, but feel free...
Really? Where? Only in New York? Are they well labeled? This story made me feel so fearful and inadequate. (I suppose I could google about all the above...)
I am *so* sorry and horrified. How did you find out? I hope you have gotten some good support to process and heal.
A riff on something I've seen attributed to Robert Downy Jr. Using humor helps diffuse other people's discomfort with *our* choices and signals to them how they should behave around people making those choices. Good job!
I used it to just find a doctor I knew I could feel safe with. I just saw her again yesterday for an IUD reapplication (I had to get my 1st one out because it was growing into the front of my uterus), and she's one of the best doctors I've ever had.
Holy shit that cannot be a thing
NPO is 'nil per os', "nothing by mouth" in Latin, either as an instruction or as a description of behavior. AMA is against medical advice.
Read the other day about a Dr. Dituri who was doing deep-sea research in a pressurized environment and claims to have regrown telomeres.... I would have to remind myself of details, but it's certainly a memorable result.
100%.
May I recommend reading This Naked Mind? It helped me reframe things as 'I don't have to drink' rather than 'I don't get to drink'.. Happily and gratefully going on 2 years alcohol free in July.
Yes. I had to find that feeling from my husband and my mother-in-law, the people I can be vulnerable with. But it is not the same fundamentally unconditional, non-judgmental comfort and love I still yearn to feel from my mother. Having that is a privilege many don't know they have.
I see where you're at. My autistic son screams at the barber but lives for bright or flashing lights, which is still surprising to me too!
We use the term "Byzantine" differently from the ancients. Byzantines called themselves and considered themselves "Roman".
Good point. Seems like messing with the ecosystem via 'bombings an invitation to trouble in multiple ways.
I try to explain this to other people, and they look at me weird.
I think 6 months is a standard wait time, tragically. Especially a problem when it implicates 'early intervention.'
Twins! I could only make enough for two babies for about 6 months and then had to supplement. Hardest thing I've ever done was BFing those 2
You've got this!! Seek medical help if you have access for withdrawl. Eat as well as you can. & check out This Naked Mind by Annie Grace.
Sea insect
Oh God, I had forgotten...
But if you don't or have difficulty it's not a failure. There is lack of access to care. Noone would see me for my post-natal appts, for ex.
#40, an actual plot point from Strange New Worlds.
I am so sorry. If u need professional support, may I suggest KarlaAdkins.com, her new book abt her cirrhosis dx, or her podcast interviews.