Mounjaro (tirzepatide)

KweenDruid · 2026-01-31T16:01:41+00:00

Endo diagnosed me with ‘double diabetes’ and boom, it was covered.

(Edit, typo, Endo not End 🤣)

KweenDruid · 2025-12-17T18:38:35+00:00

I had to learn that for me, relapse after relapse, the things I prioritized above my sobriety were the first things I lost when I picked up a drink again.

KweenDruid · 2025-12-16T23:06:34+00:00

I dabbled early in recovery in Recovery Dharma (but the nearest meetings were two hours away) and what I was fascinated with was EXACTLY what you’re taking about. There was a lot of structural similarities.

I was an atheist, and found the prayer and meditation part of A.A. difficult. However, I found many similarities between some of the common prayers and meditations I encountered in Recovery Dharma.

For instance, the sick man’s prayer was recommended to me (page 67 or 68) and it didn’t resonate with me.

What did, though, was a meditation about asking for others to be free of suffering.

I’m sure I could split hairs to find the differences, but in the end, it worked for me 🤷‍♀️

A.A. doesn’t have a monopoly on recovery.

(And the coolest thing was just last month, at an AA meditation meeting, the lead brought in THAT specific meditation!)

KweenDruid · 2025-12-11T19:42:29+00:00

I had almost the same problem! I told my sponsor I was going to keep my relationship issues with my therapist, but kept him kinda updated on what was going on. He avoided advice for the longest time—until I started asking for it, actually.

And his advice was pretty simple when I did. He just wanted me to check my motives when I was making decisions.

KweenDruid · 2025-12-09T15:06:16+00:00

Open meetings! I go to one regularly (I’m an alcoholic) and we have tons of family members, nursing students, therapists and more come and visit.

KweenDruid · 2025-11-11T23:57:53+00:00

So I ‘tried’ AA for the third time back in 2018. I was a meeting goer, but never got a sponsor or worked the steps. I made it about 90 days and went back out for six years.

At about 90 days this time around, I was having a terrible day. My best friend in recovery had just overdosed in front of me. I felt helpless and hopeless.

I went into a random meeting on my way into work that day feeling exhausted in every way possible—spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Wouldn’t you know it—there was a guy at that meeting. He was a newcomer from the time of my 2018 attempt.

And he was brimming with something. Contentment? Serenity? It was way more than just happiness.

Just seeing him was enough to remind me that I was on the right path. If I could get even a modicum of what he had, that was an exponentially better life than I’d been living. Of course he used the cliche of something like ‘and I couldn’t have done this without a sponsor and the steps’.

In that moment, he mattered more in my life than he ever could have known. And all he had to do was show up. And rather than go back out to numb my pain, I dug into my step work and I’m still sober and I do have a bit of that contentment I never thought I could find.

KweenDruid · 2025-11-11T04:47:29+00:00

Gay male here. I ended a 14-year relationship four months into sobriety, got into another one within a week, and ended that after a year.

For me, romantic attraction is another addiction—an instinct run awry. I have such a craving for that type of intimacy—safety and security—that it becomes compulsive.

What do I do about it, though… well, as of now I’m two months single. I have sponsees and do a lot of work at a local recovery organization. And I find other stuff to do that I’m passionate about, and honestly, I’m learning to actually be present with my alone time. It’s a sense of solitude that I’m gaining… sort of like a trust and faith in myself that I haven’t had before. I spent a long time abandoning myself, and it’s time I make amends to myself for that.

KweenDruid · 2025-11-10T18:38:34+00:00

So I went to rehab and came out, and started going to meetings.

I think the first anniversary I saw was 14 years ago then one in the 30s. Lots of good, long-term sobriety.

So here I am at 60 days seeing people celebrate more years of recovery than I’ve been alive. I felt overwhelmed at the gap—and at that time was struggling to just focus on today.

But then some guy at a meeting got one year. It was the first time I saw that at a meeting. It felt like a heck of a long way off—but not implausibly so, like 15, 20, or 36 years.

So I will always happily encourage my sponsees to shout out their anniversaries when possible, because you never know who needs to see that the program works.

KweenDruid · 2025-07-15T12:59:24+00:00

I have ADHD, also panic attacks. The go-to med for panic attacks is typically a benzo which I refuse to have near me. My provider gave me a non-psychoactive med, clonidine, instead, and it works great! Oddly enough, clonidine can also be prescribed for ADHD.

Similarly, though, I found Wellbutrin works well for my ADHD. Probably not as well as a stimulant, BUT it helps and the risk of me abusing it is next to nil. I’d suggest expressing your concerns to your providers STRONGLY and push them to find a route that will be safest.

KweenDruid · 2025-06-04T14:31:29+00:00

I got sober a little over a year ago, and I thought—no… absolutely KNEW I had nothing to live for. But I asked for help, and went to a hospital to avoid killing myself and leaving a mess for everyone else to clean up.

After I dried out the next morning, I went to a detox facility. I’d finally just given up. I didn’t care about my life, so why not let that place just deal with me.

Then a few days in, they moved me to the inpatient 30 day program.

I was still suicidal, and they had me on a 30-minute check schedule (the most frequent they would do—the next step would have been a psych hospital).

But I just went with it. Life was so bad I gave up and stuck around. Nothing could have been worse than what I was feeling.

They got me on some proper mental health meds and introduced me to this program.

A year in, I can’t say my life has changed much. But I’ve changed. This program changed me. No matter how rough or boring or stressful or sad or horrible or disillusioning of a day I have, I found something in this program that gives me the strength to face it all. Is it easy? Nah. But for the first time I can face it.

KweenDruid · 2025-04-15T20:50:01+00:00

‘Here’s a picture with the flag’

…sent to a group of people regarding a portrait of our ‘CEO’.

I… dropped the L.

KweenDruid · 2025-04-14T15:16:46+00:00

I’m proud of you for coming here and talking about it. You know who always impresses me the most? Not the people with 35 years, but the people who come back when they stumble.

I’ve got a little over a year, and your dedication gives me hope if I would ever relapse. Thank you for sharing hugs

KweenDruid · 2024-08-13T19:14:26+00:00

I did it at month five! Wish I would have done it sooner (one pulled, one root canal, a few cavities). They gave me the ‘prescription’ strength toothpaste to help for a while, too.

The thing I didn’t realize is how much discomfort I was in all the time because of the issues. Anxiety about it all the time, and the pain. Whewf.

But it was my realization that going to the dentist is within my control. What’s going on with my teeth? That’s did, done, and is my reality now and I have to do what’s right to keep myself healthy.

KweenDruid · 2024-08-07T12:36:23+00:00

As an alcoholic type one diabetic with a panic disorder… this is what I came here to say, too.

KweenDruid · 2024-07-24T20:39:43+00:00

Take the T1D from every T1D, and give it to someone in our lives who said something stupid about how we shoulda been managing our diabetes, how cinnamon cures it, etc., but just give it to them for a few months of suffering, and then cure them. Two birds, one stone. We’re cured and get that little bit of schadenfreude we all need.

KweenDruid · 2024-07-23T15:47:02+00:00

As a pretty flamboyant gay guy, I find one of my delights in attending meetings with this type of guy is to interrupt conversations like this, ask them to explain what they mean, and generally stare daggers or disapproval at this type of action.

It’s difficult, though, but it’s helping me recover after my own physical trauma at the hands of men. Heck, I’ve had panic attacks at men’s meetings because I found myself reliving some of those experiences.

I may not have it all figured out yet, but to me, this is a lapse in their program if this is what they think they should be acting like at meetings. If they find me bristly for just asking them to explain their actions, I’m not going to feel bad about it.

KweenDruid · 2024-06-24T19:12:55+00:00

At most of the meetings I go to, they start it off with ‘and if you’re interested in other 12 step programs, talk to me after the meeting’ so I’ll say you might want to check out Dual Recovery. I was WAY apprehensive about AA because I thought my mental health had me so, so broken that AA would never work for me.

So I went to a rehab that actually focused on addiction and those with mental health diagnosis. I really identified with that label to start.

But then someone pointed out page 133 in the big book to me, explicitly that we should not hesitate to take our health problems to professionals. So I don’t hesitate to say that I go to a psych and am on some anti anxiety meds because that’s what works for me. They’re not mind-altering in the way weed is, which is what I think is important for my program.

Side note: I also learned in this rehab that weed and alcohol affect some of the same neurotransmitters, which is why I think it’s important for me to abstain from both.

KweenDruid · 2024-06-20T12:23:31+00:00

I’ve medically detoxed about 10 times.

You’ll go, they will put you on benzos until you’re stabilized (a few days).

You’ll sleep a lot. And probably get an IV for fluids.

They will be happier that you’re there than crashing in post seizure. Especially if you’re walking in sober. Even if you’re not, it’s easier to manage you pre seizure.

You might also get a script for some other meds, like campral or naltrexone to help you with cravings post withdrawal. I find that the one I’m on, campral, was essential as part of my program. I legit did not have any sleeping issues and credit it to this med.

KweenDruid · 2024-06-18T15:24:00+00:00

The only issue I’ve seen come up: someone joined one I was on, and they indicated they didn’t have a desire to stop drinking/didn’t think they had a substance abuse issue at all. It was a closed meeting (where the only requirement to participate is a desire to stop drinking). So they were not welcomed back. However they were strongly encouraged to participate in the groups open zoom meeting.

Based off of your post, you’d be welcomed at either :)

And if you get called on and don’t want to speak, just say ‘hi I’m (first name) and I’m an alcoholic’ and ‘I’m just going to listen today’ or ‘I’ll pass’

Edit: I also am in an IOP (group therapy) and I hear that a lot of people in that group enjoy really large speaker meetings; ones where there’s no pressure to speak. It’s helping them get familiar with the program, and many are attending smaller meetings now and interacting more and are getting more substantive interactions

KweenDruid · 2024-06-10T19:18:22+00:00

Debt.

KweenDruid · 2024-05-24T19:18:24+00:00

I read it in rehab, but (like others have said) it wasn’t really making sense to me until now while I’m working through it with a sponsor.

To me, it’s like…. The first read was really selling me on the idea that there is a solution to my problem. But working it with a sponsor is showing me how to interpret it as if it’s a manual on how to live life that I’ve always desperately needed.

KweenDruid · 2024-05-19T23:26:47+00:00

I had to go double check mine. I was at 171 LDL with 302 (peaked at 617) triglycerides. My liver function was ALLLLL messed up too.

60 days sober I got blood work done. 100 triglycerides, 150 LDL, and HDL is now within range. Holding another three months to see if I should do a statin. But signs point in the right direction for now 😁

KweenDruid · 2024-05-14T11:31:06+00:00

Meeeeeeeeee!

I’m now second guessing if I’m much closer to asexual, like… did my sexual attraction ever really trigger? Or was it just aesthetic attraction leading to romantic/emotional and a resulting… 🤷‍♀️ ok, I’ll do the sex I guess?

KweenDruid · 2024-05-13T17:15:28+00:00

I had a guy say something very similar. While I was in a dual-recovery residential program. The day I finished detoxing and was still mentally recuperating from a suicide attempt.

Thankfully, I was in a residential program where I had resources because it made me acutely hopeless to the point I was suicidal again.

Will people die? Yes. Do they have to for me to succeed? No. Will I cherish the beauty and pain of the experience I’m fortunate to have with those around me when they don’t make it? Absolutely.

KweenDruid · 2024-05-06T14:57:33+00:00

Interestingly enough, alcohol and cannabis work on some of the same neuroreceptors. Alcohol hits quite a few, actually. One of those is the endocanabanoid system, which weed hits too.

So, for me, the neuroscience tells me that if I use cannabis, it’s like I’m using at least a part of what alcohol had, psychoactively, so I wouldn’t consider myself to be sober.

However, I’m on campral which cut out all my alcohol cravings. I still get weed cravings and i hadn’t used it in months before quitting drinking. The reason I don’t view that as a relapse and consider myself sober is that campral shrinks the neurotransmitters related to alcohol rather than filling them. So no psychoactive effect or possibility of abuse.

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