New and confused
I'm new here. I'm not sure I belong here, but I'm at my end. I really don't drink alot but it seems the drinking I do is enough to cause me major physical problems. I drink about 1/2 bottle of red wine a night or 3-4 beers. I'm a very small female, 43. Even though that's not much I know that it's causing me major health issues, but I can't stop for more than a couple of weeks. It's such a big part of my life, as soon as I stop I feel like I've lost a friend, nothing is fun, I don't want to do anything. I've only shared my feelings with my husband and my mom neither of whom are much help, my husband is just as band and my mom doesn't get it. 2 weeks ago I told her I had to quit drinking it was causing me all kinds of problems and she said "well wine really affects me try beer or kahlua" what kind of advice is that???? Drinking is a big part of my family's social life, they are all Italian wine drinkers. Anyway, I've probably "quit" 50 times in my life and everytime I go through the same withdarawls...bad dreams, lack of sleep, high bp, anxiety and sadness. I just don't know if it's worth it.