So began my long and critical journey to recovery. After my embarrassing and frightening incident with my former employer, I spent the following couple of weeks floundering. I decided to pay a visit to my Psychiatrist and begged him for something to relieve my pain and anxiety. He prescribed Valium and Zoloft to supplement my therapy with my Psychologist and suggested I take some time off. Previous experience had taught me that it always takes time for medication to work.
Weeks seem an eternity.
Previous experience had also taught me that, in my case, medication doesn't always work. It was as if I had tried every medication known to man for my depression to no avail. Still, nothing seemed to work. The combination of alcohol and drugs decided that route for me. The end result of that dangerous indiscretion could have been tragically different, but it was exactly what I needed.