Substance Abuse / Addictive Behavior Support Groups
This is where support groups started. There are billions and billions of them for people with some form of addictive behavior. I have just one problem with a lot of them - far too many of them consider all drugs to be bad, and that includes psychiatric / neurological medications. So it doesn't matter to them if the root of your addiction is a chemical imbalance in your brain that can be corrected by medication, if you can't deal with it without drugs you're still a fucked-up junkie in their eyes. The only way Mouse could deal with going to those court-ordered groups was by being loaded. That was the only time her pupils would look fine and she would act normal. See? Some people need meds after all.
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Drug Abuse Help - "Honest Drug Abuse Information" and that's what they provide. No bullshit, no judgment, no AA dogma. If you need help getting clean, this is a good place to start.
Opiate Detox and Recovery Another great site with the straight shit. If you want to clean up from opiates and need help, including using methadone, Subutex, Suboxone, and/or psychiatric meds, talk about it here.
about.com's Alcoholism & Substance Abuse forum - It's primarily alcoholism and 12-step, but it does cover other issues as well as dual diagnosis.
The Open Directory Guide to Substance Abuse Support Groups - Hundreds of them. Good luck finding any that will be open to your taking meds as being part of the answer to dealing with your issues. The Open Directory Guide to Addiction Sites - As above.
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If you know of any good pain support groups / fora / chat rooms where you don't have to register just to take a look (but I'm fine with guests not being able to post or otherwise participate, just being able to look around is my only criterion), send me an e-mail to jerod23 at gmail dot com and I'll check them out. Even if you're starting your own let me know. There's no guarantee I'll list it, but you never know. English language is not a requirement.
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Created Tuesday, November 30, 2004
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