Counseling

[K9Lover]

Well, I am going to my first counseling session tomorrow. I found out my health insurance covers it for a small co-pay. I have never taken this approach to my addiction before. I guess I have been avoiding it, hoping something else would be the magic bullet for me. If this doesn't work, I don't know what else to do. I will remain positive and give it time.

[LT]

Counseling

Hi K9 -- good approach!! Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be very helpful with addiction as it can address reasons for anxiety or underlying depression. Many alcoholics have Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), myself included, & drinking was a form of self medication.

Love your doggy! I have a pug, a poodle and a yorkie -- all rescues!!!
Let us know how you appt. goes!!!!

[JackieClaire]

Counseling

Hi K9,
I loved my counseling sessions. The first one or two were strange but once we got into the swing of things I really looked forward to going. It was just so nice to talk to a complete stranger and to be myself for the first time in ages.
See how it goes, you might end up enjoying it.
Best of luck.
J x
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[KatieB]

Counseling

K9,
Good luck.. I have been seeing my D+A counsellor for almost a year.. he is fantastic.. he is a psychotherapist and has gotten to the root of why I drank and was addicted to getting drunk.. a great saying he said to me was, which greatly helped me stop drinking was, due to my low self-esteem and borderline personality disorder "why would you even consider drinking AL with your issues - its like giving a child a box of matches to play with".. he was so right.. AL and my brain chemistry just do not mix..
I am sure you will find the counselling tremendously helpful,
Katie xxx

[Farm Girl]

Counseling

K9, you can't ask for more than spilling your life to to a stranger! Go for it! You will feel better and also will start understanding your AL addiction. Good luck and post the results of your session!

[hillsidetime]

Counseling

Hi K9 goodluck, I hope you find it helpful. I would like to hear your feedback, like you, I have never tried this approach. Keep us posted.
Hill

[Guest]

Counseling

Hi K9 and good luck.

I had my first session last week. I didn't get to tell everything but then I can't relate 39 years of problems in one hour.

She's really pleased with the progress I have made here. She taught me some basic coping strategies to deal with bad memories and anger. I have used them and they seem to be working - it's still early days though. I will be going back.

Apart from time (and some money) you have nothing to lose.

Let us know how you get on.

Spam xx

[mario]

Counseling

hi & Goodluck k9
When i started on this journey i went to one to one counseling,i found it very helpful,you are actually start to find out who you really are after years of living in an alcoholic haze of a world.lets know how you get on.

[K9Lover]

Counseling

Going to see counselor in a couple of hours....slightly hungover. Ugh.
He is a psychotherapist and not a psychiatrist, so he will not be able to prescribe me anything for anxiety....I was having serious withdrawals last night so I felt I had to drink to relieve them (sick thinking...I know). Thanks to all for the good wishes, I'll keep you posted on my progress.

[K9Lover]

Counseling

1st Session

Well I completed my first counseling session. All in all, it went really well. Of course we didn't have time to dive into the "why's" of drinking, but we will get there. I have 5 more sessions set up. My psychotherapist was a drug and alcohol rehab Director for over 15 years. I did get a chance to tell him about this wonderful MWO forum, and he was actually quite impressed to hear about it. I really feel this will be a positive thing!

[JackieClaire]

Counseling

K9,
Really pleased it went well,thanks for letting us know, please keep updating us with your progress.
J x
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