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Depression From Dealing With Cancer
Hello Stephanie, I've been diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer which is now recurring at an extremely aggressive rate. The Dr. (Yes, I understand this is a statistical number) indicates that I have between 2-5 years, but then later indicated that since he doesn't have a crystal ball, it could be as high as 5-9 years. So, I'm struggling to come to terms with that. I believe I'm suffering from depression and am looking for a way to deal with the inevitable and the depression in the meanwhile. What would you recommend?
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I am drinking too heavily and I believe I would benefit from talking to someone about ways that I might be able to drink less. I am not sure why this is but often my good intentions to drink less get subverted by some process that I don’t really understand that gets me pouring into a glass each night without my even thinking about it too much. In the mornings I feel shame and regret but somehow I just keep repeating this process over and over again. I guess I am an alcoholic but I am reluctant to go to an AA meeting. I live in a fairly small town and I have a position of some importance and it would not be good for people to think of me as a drunk. Because of my desire for discretion and confidentiality I was thinking that telephone or internet counseling would meet my needs very well. I think that if I could set up a 5 minute conversation for the end of the work day every day then that might be enough to keep me from drinking at night. I know that therapists usually bill for hour long sessions but I was wondering if you had ever heard of an arrangement that was based on very short daily sessions as needed?
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