Honesty alert.. I failed again
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Honesty alert.. I failed again
Posted earlier about wanting to stop went to the gym for 2 hours worked out hard per usual for a Wednesday night but the stress of the day caught me buying a small bottle of wine on the way home ugh.. Excuses I know but feeling like crap about my typical Wednesday night wine and reality TV time..just posting to remind myself to be accountable..
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Being honest is great but so is being prepared 
Next time try posting here first Becka?
we can definitely talk you out of any bad ideas, and we may even be able to give you some other healthier ideas about dealing with stress.
What had you so wound up that 2 hours of exercise couldn't shift it?
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Next time try posting here first Becka?
we can definitely talk you out of any bad ideas, and we may even be able to give you some other healthier ideas about dealing with stress.
What had you so wound up that 2 hours of exercise couldn't shift it?
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Well it would take more then a message board post to explain that but in a nutshell I think I'm suffering from PTSD from a couple incidents earlier this year (domestic abuse and a car accident at 34 wks pregnant) and when things get tense with my fiance I kind if go to my own place and just have a couple glasses of wine to calm down and get my thoughts straight. It sounds crazy I know but I can't take anti depressants or benzos because they make me nutty and I have a highly addictive personality so I try to stay away from additional addictives. Ugh lame I know #nutshellstory
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Originally Posted by BabyBecka 
BTW I am a psych major so I know exactly what I'm doing and I still can't control it
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Unfortunately in the longer term using alcohol is probably not going to do you any favours.
I drank for anxiety and depression, but as I became more and more addicted to alcohol, my anxiety heightened whenever I wasn't drinking, as did my depression.
I ended up with not only the original anxiety and depression, but more of the same thanks to a growing addiction.
Altho I've never heard of anti depressants being addictive, I understand that you may not want to turn to more drugs to solve the problem.
There may be a variety of treatments available that do not employ medication - breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, therapy and psychological approaches...
I would not give up hope of finding a better safer and all round better solution than alcohol
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I drank for anxiety and depression, but as I became more and more addicted to alcohol, my anxiety heightened whenever I wasn't drinking, as did my depression.
I ended up with not only the original anxiety and depression, but more of the same thanks to a growing addiction.
Altho I've never heard of anti depressants being addictive, I understand that you may not want to turn to more drugs to solve the problem.
There may be a variety of treatments available that do not employ medication - breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, therapy and psychological approaches...
I would not give up hope of finding a better safer and all round better solution than alcohol
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Originally Posted by ScottFromWI
Have you gotten professional help for your PTSD? There are non-drug therapies and techniques that can help, and they are a lot better than using alcohol to "calm down"
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