Originally Posted by
theBuffalo I guess I’m wondering if anyone else out there deals with similar things.
Hello theBuffalo,
It's me again. I agree now with the others as I have read your post too quickly. You must see a doctor for advice especially if you are used to Xanax for 11 years. The combination of alcohol a Xanax is very unhealthy and dangerous as I said. Take advice and then fix a day for quitting alcohol and get prepared for this day. In the meantime try to drink less. Welcome. It was a very good idea posting here. The doctors have the tendency to prescribe too much drugs. Try to take xanax at a lower dosage but I can't advice you because I don't know how much you are suffering from your troubles, how much you weight, and how much you take Xanax. The xanax is a medicine and if you are sick you can keep taking it perhaps at a lower dosage later.
Your first priority should be to quit alcohol and many of us here were able to achieve it. Please take quickly an appointment with your physician and ask him to assist you quitting alcohol. If you are physically addicted to alcohol he can prescribe drugs against the withdrawal of alcohol. For myself I wasn't heavily physically addicted and I was able to stop by simple will from one day to another without any drug and assistance except here in this forum.
For me the first three days were the harder as I had cravings during those days. But today I didn't have cravings no more and I am pretty sure I can quit drinking. If so many people were able to quit drinking you can do it too.
Good luck.
I suggest also that you visit this Web site:
www.alcoholism.org
Keep posting here periodically to tell us your progress. The persons here are extremely kind and it is a sort of family. Welcome !