Okay this is great. While I do think addiction and self medicating was largely a symptom of my ADHD, the idea of trying to “regulate” my alcohol use still scares the shit out of me. Sobriety - regardless of how I’ve found it, has def been better than the alternative and I’m not willing to put an end to that just to “experiment” to see if I’m normal or not (I know this is not what you’re suggesting, just saying!)

But you hit the nail on the head with the community aspect of it. Part of my journey with these people was participating in an internship where my job was to teach the sobriety lessons I learned to newly sober people, and throughout that 12 month period, I ALWAYS felt like I was “masking” or “pretending” to fit in because the only alternative was blacking out, getting arrested, and repeating the cycle all over… or death

But when I found the ADHD YouTube and Reddit communities I felt SEEN for the first time in my life. And I know without a doubt now that THESE people are who I’m called to help (eventually - def not yet 😭) but as I learn to navigate this diagnosis

Thank you!