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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
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Welcome from me too, Sandra. I'm so glad you're acknowledging what drinking is doing to your life. Some never face the truth.
I drank 30 yrs. & never imagined I could live without it. It was what I used to cope - or so I thought. In the end, it only added to my anxiety. We need a clear head to deal with our challenges & stress. Talking things over here helped me find the courage to change my life. We all understand what you're going through - I hope you'll stay with us.
You're never alone.
I drank 30 yrs. & never imagined I could live without it. It was what I used to cope - or so I thought. In the end, it only added to my anxiety. We need a clear head to deal with our challenges & stress. Talking things over here helped me find the courage to change my life. We all understand what you're going through - I hope you'll stay with us.
You're never alone.
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Canada
Posts: 610
Hi Sandra, I too suffer from anxiety. I quit drinking last October and i have actually found my anxiety lessened after quitting. Turns out it was making it much worse. I know its hard to visualize but there is a way out and once out you begin to enjoy life again. Let yourself see that.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,442
Hi and welcome Sandra
The beautiful part about this place is we understand - and we don't judge. There's hundreds of people here, some like you and some not but all dealing with the same thing.
You're not alone
I was nearly at my end with my drinking. SR helped me turn my life around - I know we can help you too
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The beautiful part about this place is we understand - and we don't judge. There's hundreds of people here, some like you and some not but all dealing with the same thing.
You're not alone
I was nearly at my end with my drinking. SR helped me turn my life around - I know we can help you too
D
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 666
Sandra, wondering too. How are you?
I also was a secret drinker, self medicating for anxiety and depression I believe. I felt I'd lost my self -- all my former talents, interests, joys -- had been dimmed and subsumed by alcohol. It's no way to live. I have not had any alcohol all this summer, and the door to life is starting to swing open, like when Dorothy opens the door to the technicolor world on the other side of the storm.
There is so much promise.
You can do it too.
We understand and are here to help each other. Let us know how you are.
I also was a secret drinker, self medicating for anxiety and depression I believe. I felt I'd lost my self -- all my former talents, interests, joys -- had been dimmed and subsumed by alcohol. It's no way to live. I have not had any alcohol all this summer, and the door to life is starting to swing open, like when Dorothy opens the door to the technicolor world on the other side of the storm.
There is so much promise.
You can do it too.
We understand and are here to help each other. Let us know how you are.
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