I read your posting and was happy for you to have lost so much weight and to have been getting counseling with your local AA group. I am a grandma, and am always overjoyed when young people take charge of their lives by positive choices. I just want to congratulate you, and hope that you keep up the good work. Were you afflicted with polio? I am not familiar with the term polio syndrome. When I was a child, polio was a very big problem and iron lungs were chambers that children were placed in to be able to stay alive. It was a terrible time for parents to have to worry about their children.  We had to take naps and rest a lot and avoid swimming pools and crowds of people. It was the only preventative parents knew to keep their children healthy. When the vaccines came out, first Dr. Jonah Salk's innoculations, and then the Sabin oral dosages, each occasion was celebrated as a miracle for sure.
Sorry, I got off track there.
But I wanted to say hellp and tell you, that you did a great job in the self improvement area. It is not easy. But you did it!
Kindest Regards,
Frinkie