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RE: Don't Even Go There - to paul and lelia

Author: Greg
Date: 1999-08-20 00:00

Yes Ginny - and I'm not referring to just beta blockers or to just professional musicians as you might have gathered from my post.. All kind of legitimate help is out there for those that enlighten themselves to the possibilities. (Alcohol is a drug just like caffeine but of course they are more socially acceptable). Abuse of illicit drugs should be distinguished from the use of drugs prescribed in a purposeful manner for which they are designed and can be controlled.

There is an unusual streak of fear or misunderstanding of
the use of these drugs in our society - antidepressants, antianxiolytics, even something as relatively uncomplicated to prescribe as beta blockers - due to the belief that they are only for people with "weak" personalities or constitutions. Quite the contrary. The medical community view these individuals as having inherently strong personalities that are willing to work to solve their problems in a constructive manner - not destroy their lives with illicit drugs or alcohol abuse.

Greg Smith

Ginny wrote:
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Greg wrote:
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Positively Calvanistic and puritanical are your posts!
Contrary to your beliefs, the reality is that there are countless, well documented incidences in the professional musical world of beta - blockers or/and psychiatric drugs (if PROPERLY used under a doctors guidance) that have literally saved careers or allowed careers to be built.

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Thank you for posting this, I was afraid when I posted about using Betablockers somebody would post as was done. They are not recreational drugs. Although, I doubt my talent/ambition level would allow me to do as well as you, my stage fright without a doubt ruined many opportunities for me. Betablockers are not recreational drugs, they do not have a black market as far as I know. THEY REALLY WORK and a fair number of pros use them. I wish I'd had them in college, to overcome my fears then.

Ginny

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