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Created: Mar 21, 2008
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Dealing with a disorder & a disease?
Are
you
diagnosed
with
a
mental
health
disorder,
as
well
as
having
the
disease
of
addiction?
Then
you'll
be
in
the
right
place.
Even
if
you
have
not
been
diagnosed
with
a
disorder
&
think
you
may
have
one,
or
are
experiencing
depression
or
anxiety,
please
stay.
There
may
be
some
way
that
we
can
help!
I
am
a
firm
believer
that
most
of
the
time
there
was
a
pre-existing
mental
health
disorder
before
alot
of
us
ever
picked
up
that
1st
drink,
or
caught
that
1st
buzz.
At
times,
our
disorders
did
not
kick
in
until
afterwards,
or
later
on.
For
me,
&
with
my
childhood
experiences,
I
was
happy
when
I
got
drunk
the
1st
time,
&
even
happier
when
I
got
high.
When
I
found
PCP,
I
was
in
love
then....I
didn't
have
to
think
about
anything,
period.
At
36,
I
was
re-diagnosed
&
put
on
medication
for
Major
Depressive
Disorder.
Between
treatment
&
the
total
decision
to
stay
clean
&
sober,
I
have
remained
clean
&
sober.
In
order
for
it
all
to
work,
if
you
are
dually-diagnosed,
both
your
disorder
&
your
disease
HAVE
to
be
treated
at
the
same
time
or
eventually
one
will
off-set
the
other
&
things
will
slide
backwards.
**I
am
a
non-practicing
Addictions
Counselor
with
mental
health
experience,
as
well
as
dually-diagnosed.
You
cannot
do
alone
what
we
may
be
able
to
do
together!!
PLEASE
NOTE:
Some
Topic
items
are
from
the
Dual-Recovery
Anonymous
site,
located
at:
http://draonline.org/index.html
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