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Let's not get sidetracked with political stuff, guys. Keep it for PMs.
Katzen started this thread for help.
If you have local knowledge of how to get help or where to go please share it.
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Katzen started this thread for help.
If you have local knowledge of how to get help or where to go please share it.
Thanks
Dee
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Thanks to everyone for their concerns and support. I actually do have medical insurance now, my husband and and I have been together 18 years but never married until a year ago after I got the huge medical bill and realized I needed medical insurance. Problem is 4 months ago we moved to a very rural area, nearest hospitals are about an hour away, otherwise I believe I might seek medical help.
I do have 9 tablets of Valium on hand which was prescribed to me a year ago because I had trouble sleeping... The thing is after taking one i felt strange and "impaired" so I don't want to take any drugs like this if I can avoid them...
I never feel impaired like that after drinking (well... Maybe on special occasions like New years eve when I had much more than usual.) No hangovers, headaches, any problems at all except for the shakes and anxiety that start to happen around 15 hours after my last drink.
My drinking seems to be a physical addiction like medication, and I have certainly been able to cut back the past few months and am hoping to be able to continue to do so and taper off safely.
I do have 9 tablets of Valium on hand which was prescribed to me a year ago because I had trouble sleeping... The thing is after taking one i felt strange and "impaired" so I don't want to take any drugs like this if I can avoid them...
I never feel impaired like that after drinking (well... Maybe on special occasions like New years eve when I had much more than usual.) No hangovers, headaches, any problems at all except for the shakes and anxiety that start to happen around 15 hours after my last drink.
My drinking seems to be a physical addiction like medication, and I have certainly been able to cut back the past few months and am hoping to be able to continue to do so and taper off safely.
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There was a time when I would have rather risked my life than see a doctor due to worry and shame. I used to wish I'd blackout and wake up in a hospital, medicated and in a bed, everything taken care of. I would have been okay with the getting better part. I just didn't want to have to take that step. If the cops would've shown up at my door and forced to me to go to rehab/hospital, it would have been a relief. But if someone said pick up the phone and make an appointment, I wouldn't have done it. I avoided it for as long as I could.
It was finally brought to my attention by my doctor during routine bloodwork. I didn't suggest it. She did. I went along with it. Well, it was all out in the open then. You say your bloodwork is fine. Mine was not.
I guess all I'm trying to get at is to reach out for medical help if you need it. Can you imagine they've built these modern hospitals and we're scared to use them? These doctors go to years and years of school specifically to help people like us. They even have fancy vehicles to deliver us to the door. (This is from someone, me, who never took advantage of these things).
I don't mean to come on strong. This is what I wish I would have realized two years ago when I was up to my neck with alcoholism. This is what I would have written to myself.
It was finally brought to my attention by my doctor during routine bloodwork. I didn't suggest it. She did. I went along with it. Well, it was all out in the open then. You say your bloodwork is fine. Mine was not.
I guess all I'm trying to get at is to reach out for medical help if you need it. Can you imagine they've built these modern hospitals and we're scared to use them? These doctors go to years and years of school specifically to help people like us. They even have fancy vehicles to deliver us to the door. (This is from someone, me, who never took advantage of these things).
I don't mean to come on strong. This is what I wish I would have realized two years ago when I was up to my neck with alcoholism. This is what I would have written to myself.
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Originally Posted by PrinzessinD 
This isn't really medical advice but I kept a journal of how much I drank and cut it in half every day until it was nothing. I quit cold turkey once and hallucinated and had a seizure, it doesn't happen to everyone but it scared the crap out of me. Try and keep a journal of the number of drinks you have and cut it in half or down every day. It worked for me. I hope that helps.
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i guess my thinking would be if the bill is already $17k, what's another couple grand to assure my health and safety???? you say that you have been "cutting back" for months but are STILL having shakes and anxiety if you go too long without more alcohol. that's a very serious situation....all anyone here wants is for you to be ok.
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