I Tried Tranquillisers

For those who care to hear, I’d like to report my experience with a popular tranquilliser. Sober two years in Alcoholics Anonymous, this form of medication, acceptable to many people, was introduced to me by a physician who seemed to know his business, I was in his care for a kidney ailment and he had secured my trust. When he suggested the tranquilliser as a remedy for my symptoms of nervousness, which he perceived in treating me for the kidney ailment, I informed him I was in AA and that I feared addiction to it. “Tranquillisers,” I said, “are frowned on in AA,” He laughed. “Don’t you know that tranquillisers are not narcotic?” he asked, “Besides, these can be obtained only on prescription. You have nothing to fear. This man was serious. He genuinely believed the tranquillisers would help me, and God knows I needed help. He wished me to take them for my benefit, I needed release from tension. “Perhaps he’s right,” I rationalized. It is now six months later and for the second and, I hope, last time, I’m experiencing withdrawal symptoms from the same popular tranquilliser. The first time didn’t work because I was withdrawing not for myself, but for the approval of people I knew in AA I was shortly back on them again. This time I have withdrawn because I had to, and I’ve done it for myself, nobody else. Further, I know that I will succeed only through the help of God as I understand Him. You see’ I’m an addictive personality. This is some...
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