Hey, all. I'm back to check in, but probably not back permanently.

I had a rather nasty household accident in February -- spent a few weeks in bed and a few more in a wheelchair. I'm still on crutches, although I can now walk some and expect to be able to ditch the crutches eventually.

My family pretty much fell apart during the worst of it. We're still clawing our way back out of the pit we fell into, even with outside help to support us. Accordingly, I'm focusing pretty hard on my family right now. Between working on the family and doing my physical therapy, I didn't even make time to tell you folks what was going on with me. Sorry about that, but it doesn't look like you were frantic with worry , so I figure I'm okay there.

Let's see, drug use update . . . I contined using pot nightly as an OTC antidepressant for, like, a couple of months. I am now so utterly sick of being stoned that I can barely stand to think of the stuff. I'm listening to my mind and body on this one, figuring that powering past the natural "enough!" signal is probably a bad idea. I'm not yet sure what I'll do for an antidepressant, probably seek professional help and mirtazipine (the second-most-effective thing I've tried).

I haven't had alcohol in ages and still don't want to. I've got my nal tucked away in case I do want some, but at this time it remains a non-issue.

I see we have lots of new people. That's awesome. I won't have time to get to know you, but I wish each and every one of you all the success in the world.

I love this community, and I'm sure I'll still bop in now and then to say hello. The names and faces change, but the love and support are steady and wonderful.

And now, since I do have about 75 more minutes free, I'll start reading the intros and updates to see how everyone else is doing.

hi Melissa,

nice to hear from you, I'd been wondered where you'd got to!

sorry to hear about your accident, hope you're on the mend & can get back to normality soon

all the best

-badger

Hey Melissa it's great to hear from you again....... but I feel a little guilty though for assuming everything was OK. I kinda thought maybe you were moving on (but I'm glad that you're not). Yup there are a lot of new people which is great, I think the article in the Atlantic had something to do with that. That and I think the film One Little Pill is gaining traction. That's all good! Did you see that Dr. Sinclair died?

I'm sorry to hear that you got hurt and hope that you're on the mend, sounds like it was very serious.

Hey a few weeks ago I was back on your blog trying to find your flow chart. Can you make that a sticky somewhere up front and center? That chart was very well thought out.

Welcome back!