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Asking for Advice for Ashla

Posted by: HSP Woman on: January 2, 2009

I received a comment today, and I am not sure how to best answer it. I was hoping community members may be able to better give advice than I. Here is Ashla’s comment: i am new here and i am very nervous, i have big problems , i found out i was pregnant two mths [...]

I Remember…

Posted by: HSP Woman on: April 14, 2007

Memories of Detox… I remember listening to horror stories told by other patients. There was one man who had served in the Persian Gulf during the first war, Desert Storm. He’d sit around the smoking tables and brag about killing Iraqis in cold blood. He told us about flying jets drunk. Luckily, he informed us, [...]

Twelve Step 101: Part One

Posted by: HSP Woman on: April 13, 2007

Literally, within hours of my psychiatrist appointment (and unbeknownst to him), I was voluntarily standing in front of a very stoic nurse as she dumped my purse contents on top of the table. Welcome to detox! She immediately confiscated my cell phone so I wouldn’t be tempted to call my dealer. “I don’t have a [...]


 

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