Life without drink is so much better.
I have been in that awful circle of drinking leading to anxiety, then drinking to try and get rid of the anxiety, then sobering up with anxiety. Its relentless.
I try not to get too bogged down in definitions and labels.
Trying to decide if I am an alcoholic, binge drinker, alcohol abuser or problem drinker can go on and on and on.
All the while I just kept drinking with these thoughts of what am I going round and round in my head.
For me, it got to the point where I realised that alcohol and me were a bad combination. Drinking made me unhappy and that was enough to make me stop. it did not matter which category I fell in to. I was an unhappy drinker.
I now have over 442 days without a drink.
I feel so much better.
I would never go back.
Anxiety wise I am not perfect, but I am so much better than I was.
I am not confined to my bed anymore because of drinking with nothing else to do but run over how much I hated myself and all the things I have ever done wrong.
Its nice having you with us.
Keep coming here and reading and posting.
You can do it if you really want it.
xx