(November 16, 2012 at 8:32 am)Daniel Wrote: If you didn't want to go to a church, you could have tried other community groups - weight watchers, etc.You callin' me FAT?!?!??!!! Just kidding... but Weight Watchers hardly constitutes a mental health support group.
(November 16, 2012 at 8:32 am)Daniel Wrote: Some friends I have were in a support group that met once a week based on AA (but not specifically to do with alcoholism) so that whatever people's problems were - drugs, depression, anger, sex-addiction, etc, they could share and support with each other. It was a non-religious group although all the friends I had that went were Christians (although most of the others in the group weren't).I'm in support groups now. However, back then, I was so deep in the depression hole that facing my underlying issues was an impossibility. I needed meds to help get me back to a somewhat normal functioning brain. I already wanted to die and to kill myself, facing the underlying issues behind that would have probably pushed me over the edge.
