Alcoholics Anonymous and Psychiatric Medication?

Question by Over The Rainbow: Alcoholics Anonymous and Psychiatric Medication?
Does AA ask or expect you to stop taking psychiatric medication? Do other addiction treatment programs either inpatient or outpatient expect you to stop meds? Hoping for personal experience responses.

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Answer by Rex
The classic AA response to this will be “ask your sponsor.” More strict hard line groups like Clancy’s Pacific Group in L.A. (& its spin offs elsewhere) will have high numbers of people who do not look favorably on psych drugs of any sort, believing they are mood altering chemicals by definition. This is pretty rare though and you will know if you get in a group w/ very strict rules/antiquated beliefs, whatever you want to call them. No medical facilites will require coming off your (“non-addictive”) psych meds. That’s called liability. Hard to sue a broke ass AA sponsor if you go completely nuts (if you aren’t already) from taking their advice. Unless you are in denial/ignorance about what a psych med is of course, since you didn’t qualify. This decision should always be made w/ your physician. Only take medical advice from those licensed to give it. This almost never includes substance abuse counselors, AA sponsors and the like.

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