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Old 02-09-2008, 03:19 PM
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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.
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Old 02-09-2008, 03:23 PM
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nothing to add to that, but

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Old 02-09-2008, 04:22 PM
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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.
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Old 02-09-2008, 05:36 PM
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Thanks for that post Jomey, I'm a newbie with anxiety about anxiety. Your post is comforting...!
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Old 02-09-2008, 05:39 PM
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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...

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Old 02-10-2008, 01:27 AM
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Old 02-10-2008, 06:46 AM
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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
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