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You could ask your doctor (a doctor) about help getting thru the first few days of w/d. There are meds that can be given for a short time to lessen the w/d symptoms and make it safer. 
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If you find you are drinking after 9 pm, then I don't see why you can't make AA meetings. Most of the ones I know of start at 8, a few at 7 or 9. If you are able to schedule your drinking, you can schedule meetings.
And I doubt you are the only alcoholic in your neck of the woods. If you let people know you have a transportation issue, you can find folks who live nearby and ride together. I know a lot of people who say they got as much out of riding with other alcoholics to meetings as they did out of the meetings, themselves.
Just wanting things to be different isn't enough. You have to actually DO stuff to make it different.
And I doubt you are the only alcoholic in your neck of the woods. If you let people know you have a transportation issue, you can find folks who live nearby and ride together. I know a lot of people who say they got as much out of riding with other alcoholics to meetings as they did out of the meetings, themselves.
Just wanting things to be different isn't enough. You have to actually DO stuff to make it different.
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Originally Posted by least 
You could ask your doctor (a doctor) about help getting thru the first few days of w/d. There are meds that can be given for a short time to lessen the w/d symptoms and make it safer.
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No idea what the meds would cost.
Sounds like you are getting w/d symptoms that are par for the course. If you start feeling extremely shaky or your heart keeps racing, best to go to the ER. Withdrawal CAN be life-threatening, and it's impossible to predict how any particular withdrawal will go.
Sounds like you are getting w/d symptoms that are par for the course. If you start feeling extremely shaky or your heart keeps racing, best to go to the ER. Withdrawal CAN be life-threatening, and it's impossible to predict how any particular withdrawal will go.
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Hi AJ
Noone here can tell you what meds the Dr might, or might not, prescribe for you and your particular set of circumstances, clinical history and general state of health - much less what they might cost.
We have a no medical advice policy here.
If you want answers like that you'll need to bite the bullet, be examined and seek professional guidance
D
Noone here can tell you what meds the Dr might, or might not, prescribe for you and your particular set of circumstances, clinical history and general state of health - much less what they might cost.
We have a no medical advice policy here.
If you want answers like that you'll need to bite the bullet, be examined and seek professional guidance
D
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Location: LA - Lower Alabama
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Good deal. Be completely honest with the Dr about how much you drank, how often, and any other legal or illegal drugs you have been taking - presciption, OTC, etc.
Let us know how it goes.
Let us know how it goes.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: WI, USA
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I just got back, and quite frankly that was the most honest I've ever been with a doctor about this issue! I thought she was gonna be rude or judgemental but she was really nice and very supportive. She put me on anti-anxiety pills and a light form of generic xanax (or however that's spelled) until a behavorial health clinic can see me. So begins my long road to recovery...
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