Anxiety and Sobriety
 

Hi yall - I wanted to share this with anyone who is wondering (as I had been) how anxiety will lessen with sobriety. I started drinking (partly) to self medicate anxiety, and when I quit, I couldn't for the life of me grasp how quitting might help the anxiety.

Well, last night, I woke up in the middle of the night, and I started thinking up things to worry about. (old habits die hard :) ) The part that was different was, everything I thought up was managable. When I realized it, I was amazed. I also knew how I was going to cope with things that would have thrown me for a loop before. The really startling thing was... NO CRAZINESS. No worrying about what I said when I was drinking earlier in the night, no wondering how sick I am becoming because of drinking, no worrying about how am I ever gonna quit? No questions that didn't have answers, or at least a source to get an answer from. Everything seemed clearly defined. It was AWESOME!

I don't fool myself that I will never get back into worrying from time to time, or that I "have all the answers" - just the opposite, I don't need them, because I only have to figure out today. (And if I can't do that, I know who to ask for help! :) )

I know this is a bit rambling...but I did want to share it, because I wondered about this for a while now, and I feel like it was nothing short of a miracle that I finally understood something that has bothered me for so many years.

Thanks for listening guys.

nothing to add to that, but :bigok:

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Oh, I used to think up things to worry about too, all the time, day and night. I would run through all the 'what ifs' and on and on. And, that's exactly it, about not having to have all the answers. Of course, no one does and now I know I don't have to.

Thanks for that post Jomey, I'm a newbie with anxiety about anxiety. Your post is comforting...!

yes jomey... with time, the get'n all nerved up lessons, and lessons...

IMO, that comes with the mind change...

thats what did it for me...

rz

:You_Rock_

I'll share my mantra with you....

"How Important Is It"?

Keeps me in balance with life
:laughing:

Thanks everyone - Carol, I am going to hijack your mantra - I love it. Boofester, I am the soon-to-be-former Anxiety Queen ;)- if you want to talk about it, feel free to pm me. Hugs, Jomey