View Single Post
Old 04-13-2015, 08:07 PM
  # 25 (permalink)  
redheadinus
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: West Coast
Posts: 56
Rose, I am a binge drinker. You have an advantage and that is that you don't drink every night. for me, it was once maybe twice a week, but I would get hammered. I would do very stupid things. It doesn't sound like you drink that much. If you think about how much time in a given month, you spend drunk, it probably less than about 3% of your time awake. The bright side is that if you do decide to quit drinking altogether, you are only talking about changing your behavior for a very little proportion of your time. Just one positive thought.

The best thing that I have experienced in stopping drinking (almost 90 days now) is that I don't get the anxiety I used to after drinking. That anxiety can be paralyzing. Sounds like you are experiencing that. Although there are times I would like to drink, the sweats, the *****, the anxiety, the depression, the lying, the lack of productivity, the moodiness - I don't want any of that back and I keep in mind how much better my life is without booze.

I wish you the best in whatever you decide.
redheadinus is offline