Missinglife

I tried giving up drinking almost a year ago and it did not go to well... I pretty much seclude myself and lost contact with most of my friends. I do have a wonderful girlfriend and my drinking is really straining our relationship, I have messed up many relationships in the past but this one is different.. I truly love her, but I know it won't last too much longer.. Think she has had enough of me and we spend way less time together... She is only part of the reason, I want too Stop!! I need to do it for me, I am a different person now and not liking who I have become.

I have chronic daily heads, spent many doctor visits to try and get rid of them with no success.. So I use this as an excuse to drink and get rid of the pain for just a few hours a night. But after falling asleep I wake up a few hours latter and am very anxious and lay awake the rest of the night. Guess what I am asking, does anyone else suffer from daily (all day headaches) from drinking???? And I don't mean hangover headaches.. And those of you that were strong enough to quit drinking, did the headaches get better??? They are making it hard to do anything, including my job...

I am starting to lose hope that I will/can be happy again.. I am really depressed and have seen my doctor that, even have a follow up in 2 days...

Any advice, would be appreciated....

Thanks

hope22

Welcome back Missinglife. Work with your doctor about the headaches, drinking may or may not be the cause. But until you take drinking out of the equation I would imagine it would be harder to find the cause for your headaches. Drinking doesn't help with depression either ya know? I'm sorry to hear your feeling down, but things will get better if you stay sober. Take care

least

Stay sober for a month and see if the headaches go away. If not, see your doctor again.