My boyfriend....

[bettie1976]

Has been sober from alcohol for 38 days (same day as me, we did it together) and is DEPRESSED AS HELL! He started taking prozac a few weeks ago and its not kicking in yet and he says hes feels worse. He mopes around like ho hum and never smiles anymore. We used to have so much fun. He doesnt enjoy anything right now. He gets valiums to help with the transition of the quitting alcohol (or klonipin, still waiting for the prozac to kick in) then says he doesnt need em or want em and gives em to me. I still take em occasionally but my zoloft is kicking in and my anxiety is pretty much gone now. So then he says hes gonna flush em (the klonipins cuz they never worked for either of us) and then today he's on the phone with the advice nurse at his insurance wondering if he should go to the er to get some benzos. Im thinking WTF? I told him just GO. Look, I love you but Im tired of seeing you like this. I dont even understand whats going on in his head right now. He's been an alcoholic for 14 years and is just now learning how to live sober. While I can understand addiction (im an alcoholic and an addict myself) I dont get what he's doing. He does this every weekend lately. And he's not even abusing the benzos cuz he gives em to me. Weve both been taking them (i get them from my doc as well) but the er visits are getting outta control. It reminds me of when he was running to the ER three times a day to get me vicodins...
WTF...

[bettie1976]

ack! I was just gonna ask you if you thought they sounded like the misfits cuz i do. hah

[lunachick]

yeah thats what I was just looking at. Now I gotta find them on project playlist! His voice kinda reminds me of glen danzig.

[bettie1976]

yes....i KNOW.....did you check out their RIP video on my page? he's hot as hell too.

[lunachick]

ummm. I think I'm in love with Zombie Ghost Train...his voice makes me think bad thoughts..lol

[bettie1976]

oh ill tell him alright. you betcha. were so supportive of each other its sickening! he's got self esteem issues (hmmm.....sound familiar?) so many of us do. i dont think he's going to be trying to talk at all...i think he just wants this to magically dissapear. this is his first attempt at being sober...you get my drift?

[slideshow]

GREAT.....I hope that this shrink is a good listener......Don't let him be just an AD pusher.   Your bf needs to "talk" about core issues, not just mask them with ADs....That said, some of the ADs may help him.  They help some folks, just not me.........

I am happy that he is taking 2 Giant Steps today......The shrink and work....Cool.   My wife has even noticed the change in me after 8 visits to my psychologist.   Last week she actually told me to tell the head doc "Thanks" from her...I thought that was cool that my wife noticed the positive changes.  If you see positve changes in bf, tell him, it will help him......