Returning loser II
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canada
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Geez, I have thought bout you a number of times over the past week or so! So glad to see you GD. Do what you must my friend. Do whatever it takes. I am so grateful to hear from you..hear you are back.
(knock off the loser bit...now)
(knock off the loser bit...now)
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: US East Coast
Posts: 1,972
I think I have a better handle on what is going on with me now after talking to a few people. I was very sick last fall, and it seems to have triggered an ongoing anxiety attack. I did some research on it, so now I understand my reaction better. First and foremost, I found out that alcohol makes it much worse.
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 16,945
Welcome back groundhog. Glad you are seeking counseling and moving forward with a better plan.
My anxiety was exacerbated by my drinking, to an extreme during my last year or so especially. I can say without a doubt that quitting drinking was the best thing I could have ever done to help with it.
My anxiety was exacerbated by my drinking, to an extreme during my last year or so especially. I can say without a doubt that quitting drinking was the best thing I could have ever done to help with it.
Left the bottle behind 4/16/2015
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NC
Posts: 1,416
Glad to see you're taking back control and getting some help. On the topic of anxiety, it's funny how the first few years of my experiences with alcohol, anxiety was what seemed to vanish when I drank. But then, once I became addicted, it came back with a vengeance and alcohol made it much worse. Since quitting, I think the one issue I deal with most is ongoing anxiety. I recognize now how I kept trying to treat it with alcohol. It would "work" to some degree in that I would basically just not care as much when I drank, but then it would hit me harder than ever later.
I hope this is the time you succeed. 
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 638
Nice to have you back GroundhogDay. I don't know if this helps, but really understanding about PAWS and accepting the fact that it is real is what helped me the most in the first few months.
Secondly.. Addiction is a very personal thing, and only you can fix it, no-one else. Therapy and counseling sounds useful. SR is good that too propably. What I mean is, that ultimately... nobody cares. You need to do it for yourself and in the end you need to do it alone. There is great support here on SR and lots of wisdom and understanding.
Good luck GD.
Secondly.. Addiction is a very personal thing, and only you can fix it, no-one else. Therapy and counseling sounds useful. SR is good that too propably. What I mean is, that ultimately... nobody cares. You need to do it for yourself and in the end you need to do it alone. There is great support here on SR and lots of wisdom and understanding.
Good luck GD.
One Day At A Time
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 35
Welcome back.
I fell off the wagon around 6 weeks ago and have been battling since. No major dramas but trying to justify my drinking was lying to myself.
Been dry for 2 days and am determined to stick with it this time.
onwards and upwards for those of us who fall.
I fell off the wagon around 6 weeks ago and have been battling since. No major dramas but trying to justify my drinking was lying to myself.
Been dry for 2 days and am determined to stick with it this time.
onwards and upwards for those of us who fall.
We are with you - you can do it.
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