I wanted to make the observation that any drug rehab counselor should assess as part of the intake whether the client who is presenting a drug addiction might also have a mental illness and be self-medicating.
I know someone who I believe had an undiagnosed mental illness since he was 19 and he wasn't diagnosed until nearly two decades later.
And a significant number of people diagnosed with SZ use street drugs. People with bipolar also could have a co-occrring substance abuse problem.
This proves that early-and better yet- *immediate* intervention at the onset of the symptoms of a mental illness offers the person the best chance at resuming a normal life.
You can recover.
Christina
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Hello Christina, ysraal here and again i just wish to say thank you. with you being a shining light for recovery we all have a light to look at and for. I am back in college and I can tell the damage done from my onset. That was then, this is now, no cure but i will live with it and i will live well and help others and help find treatment for others and be a shining light of and for recovery. Keep up the great work.
Hi Ysraal,
Congratulations!
Best of luck with college!
Cheers,
Christina