Here I am AGAIN
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
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Hi newlife, you said you want to crawl in a hole until you feel stronger. I will share my experience. When I went through withdrawal I made my house that hole. Closed the blinds, turned the phones off, locked the doors, made everything as peaceful as possible. I read on the internet, got into a good movie etc...I HAD to get over it because I own a business I can't just check out for 3 days. I have to be back in action. So by doing this, I was able to feel relatively calm, force some meals in me and get some rest, not necessarily sleep, but at least rest. Anyway, I feel your pain and I thought I would share.
Well done on calling your doctor! That's great!
Facebook. I have an account but almost never post. I think people may have been saying don't post that you are struggling but I've also found it can be a trigger. Associations with drinking-people, places and things. The "liked" (maybe) humorous shares of "redneck mom" wine glasses, or people drinking, or the comments about "I need a drink" to cope with kids, work, life, the universe. I didn't want to hear or see any of it, nor did I really want to hear about someone's fantastic vacation when I was miserable and feeling sorry for myself.
Talk to your doctor and be completely honest about how much you're drinking and what you can expect in stopping.
Facebook. I have an account but almost never post. I think people may have been saying don't post that you are struggling but I've also found it can be a trigger. Associations with drinking-people, places and things. The "liked" (maybe) humorous shares of "redneck mom" wine glasses, or people drinking, or the comments about "I need a drink" to cope with kids, work, life, the universe. I didn't want to hear or see any of it, nor did I really want to hear about someone's fantastic vacation when I was miserable and feeling sorry for myself.
Talk to your doctor and be completely honest about how much you're drinking and what you can expect in stopping.
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Nyc
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Okay. So I logged onto patient portal and discussed with my Dr. for the 1st time ever that I am struggling with alcohol addiction. I asked her for an anxiety med to take as needed, not daily and she is giving me Buspar. I asked if there is anything that helps with alcohol cravings as well. It's a start! I cancelled my birthday booze plans for Saturday too. I simply said I'm starting a 21 day fix diet and there is no crappy food and booze allowed!
Bus par was given to me before I got sick and quit drinking and smoking 2 weeks ago.
I gotta say it helped my head stay clear and calm. It helped me understand better what I wanted to do and the direction to take. I still take it once a day as needed. It's much safer than Xanax. Anxiety is in check. I don't even think about booze.
Delete facebook all together. It's a horrible place. It ruins friendships and brings out the worst in people without them even realizing it. I still don't understand why one must share what they did on daily basis. Feel of relevance? It's a shallow society we live in. I Feel nothing but disgust for it.
Funny enough, I don't crave drinking anymore, but smoking I still miss.
Acceptance was the key to it all for me, until I really accepted that me and alcohol needed to part ways on a permanent basis, I kept trying to moderate and things just got worse and worse!!
You can draw a line under that, don't give alcohol such an important place in your life, alcohol is not the centre of the universe!!
You can do this!!
You can draw a line under that, don't give alcohol such an important place in your life, alcohol is not the centre of the universe!!
You can do this!!
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