Help and advice
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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Help and advice
i, I'm new here and just hitting the point where I need positive reinforcement. I quit drinking last week for 6 days but I went off the wagon this weekend and now my old problems are back. I'm a drinker to curb my anxiety and panic attacks, but mostly they come in the morning from being hungover and I'm a "hair of the dog" person and those days ususally turn into the thing that causes most of my problems. I also have been experiencing tingling in my legs when I walk (alcoholic neuropathy??? anyone else had this???). I'm a very active hiker person with 5 dogs and love being outdoors but I don't do anything without booze anymore. So, that's my brain dump and I just hope that I can find someone who will tell me that they have been thru this and that I might just live thru this. Thanks in advance for answering.
Alicia
Alicia
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Dancing in the Light
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Hi Alicia,
Alcohol definitely takes a toll on our bodies and the longer we drink, the worse it is.
I suggest you talk to your dr about your medical concerns. Also you might want to talk to your dr about your anxiety/panic attacks because it is possible that some type of medication might help you. Of course, it is also possible that the anxiety is caused by the alcohol abuse.
Alcohol definitely takes a toll on our bodies and the longer we drink, the worse it is.
I suggest you talk to your dr about your medical concerns. Also you might want to talk to your dr about your anxiety/panic attacks because it is possible that some type of medication might help you. Of course, it is also possible that the anxiety is caused by the alcohol abuse.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Posts: 6
Hi Alicia and welcome to SR.
Your situation sounds similar to what I have been doing the past three years, something I have only recently (today is Day 15 sober for me) been able to shake.
I tell you honestly, I wouldn't have been able to stop drinking without medical help. I was a wreck. I was worried I would never fall asleep without a drink, and in the morning I either drank something to ease my nerves or took Percocets (I got off the pain-killers back in December).
Don't be afraid to seek help from your doctor...if you have an anxiety disorder, like I do, alcohol is a very destructive and totally temporary way of medicating it. There's alot better ways of coping with anxiety...and there's some helpful meds, if you need em.
This is just my personal experience...I hope you continue to post...and that you can break that awful cycle that plenty of people here, are more then familiar with.
Schwa
Your situation sounds similar to what I have been doing the past three years, something I have only recently (today is Day 15 sober for me) been able to shake.
I tell you honestly, I wouldn't have been able to stop drinking without medical help. I was a wreck. I was worried I would never fall asleep without a drink, and in the morning I either drank something to ease my nerves or took Percocets (I got off the pain-killers back in December).
Don't be afraid to seek help from your doctor...if you have an anxiety disorder, like I do, alcohol is a very destructive and totally temporary way of medicating it. There's alot better ways of coping with anxiety...and there's some helpful meds, if you need em.
This is just my personal experience...I hope you continue to post...and that you can break that awful cycle that plenty of people here, are more then familiar with.
Schwa
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 104
Welcome! Today is my second day without booze. I just cant take the depression and anxiety it has been causing me. I, to was having panic attacks and quit drinking for three months. Man, I felt like a million bucks!
I have relapsed since then but am trying to get better again. Life isn't worth living for me when I am stuck in my disease. I have lots to live for, a great husband, two beautiful kids, but the booze steals all happiness from me. Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have relapsed since then but am trying to get better again. Life isn't worth living for me when I am stuck in my disease. I have lots to live for, a great husband, two beautiful kids, but the booze steals all happiness from me. Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope3
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Upstate, NY
Posts: 2,155
welcome akpetqueen, I'm a hiker to, adirondack moutains in NY.
anyway, best bet is to have your doctor check you out....
What have you learned about your addiction so far?
Hugs, ((((((((((hope3)))))))))))
anyway, best bet is to have your doctor check you out....
What have you learned about your addiction so far?
Hugs, ((((((((((hope3)))))))))))
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