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To me it looks like it's not worth the side effects and doesn't find a way to get to the root of the problem.
I'm just not big on meds or doctors.
My way isn't for everybody and I really couldn't say what's right for anyone else. I have suffered some pretty bad anxiety. While actively using but not drunk at the time I would get episodes. I would start sweating buckets, then start to feel completely weak like my blood has no pressure (though I think actually pressure may be through the roof). I would start feeling completely weak and when I don't sit down right away I end up unconcious on the ground. Even though I would usually come off as an easy going guy I was still usually trapped in my paranoid brain.
What helped me was exercise, prayer, meditation. The further I got from my last drink the more the anxiety backed off. I think drinking just stores up that anxiety and winds it up so that it comes back more often and more powerful. Even long after the hangover was gone that poison would just seem to linger in my blood.
I'm just not big on meds or doctors.
My way isn't for everybody and I really couldn't say what's right for anyone else. I have suffered some pretty bad anxiety. While actively using but not drunk at the time I would get episodes. I would start sweating buckets, then start to feel completely weak like my blood has no pressure (though I think actually pressure may be through the roof). I would start feeling completely weak and when I don't sit down right away I end up unconcious on the ground. Even though I would usually come off as an easy going guy I was still usually trapped in my paranoid brain.
What helped me was exercise, prayer, meditation. The further I got from my last drink the more the anxiety backed off. I think drinking just stores up that anxiety and winds it up so that it comes back more often and more powerful. Even long after the hangover was gone that poison would just seem to linger in my blood.
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Originally Posted by Gabe1980 
I had a horrible experience on this.
It made me twitch and feel like I was falling during the night, which became really frightening, as it was all the time, every night.
I also drank way more than I planned too, I could feel my brain fighting it and ended up in a right mess. It also triggered an eating disorder, which I didn't expect and which was horrific.
It was my last ditch attempt to find 'the answer'......there isn't one. It's either drink dangerously or be sober
It made me twitch and feel like I was falling during the night, which became really frightening, as it was all the time, every night.
I also drank way more than I planned too, I could feel my brain fighting it and ended up in a right mess. It also triggered an eating disorder, which I didn't expect and which was horrific.
It was my last ditch attempt to find 'the answer'......there isn't one. It's either drink dangerously or be sober
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Originally Posted by Awake61
it's not easy. giving up drinking is the hardest thing I have ever done and continue to do. I have a therapist, eat healthy and practice yoga. When I get an urge I picture my last drunk. In front of my young grandsons, drooling. Disgusting.
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Originally Posted by anxiousrock
can you give more details on the eating disorder part? I already struggle with this so I'd hate to make it worse. Thanks.
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