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Posted by justyourlaugh on March 24, 2004, at 11:56:43
on a rare day i do not drink because my body just cant handle it anymore..
i feel i cant function without it,
i waste everyday waiting until the evening until i can drink again..
i take 1200 of manerix a day and i know i am really hurting my body..my heart never seems to stop racing..
just typing this post make me see i am heading down the road to hell..
i have to stop this while i still can...
j
Posted by Slinky on March 24, 2004, at 18:09:01
In reply to drinking everyday..., posted by justyourlaugh on March 24, 2004, at 11:56:43
Sounds so real , familiar.
I don't know your age -you don't have to say-
I used to sleep the day away then crave for drink usually binge every 3 days till almost everyday
Fortunately a med made me stop. I relapsed a little.
Don't beat yourself up---the good thing is that you want to stop.
It's a med--but not a very wise one--usually bipolars drink heavily.
Take care sweetheart.
The day will come when you're in control.
Posted by shadyut on March 24, 2004, at 21:20:33
In reply to drinking everyday..., posted by justyourlaugh on March 24, 2004, at 11:56:43
Cheers!!!!
Posted by Festus on March 24, 2004, at 23:37:36
In reply to Re: drinking everyday..., posted by shadyut on March 24, 2004, at 21:20:33
Hey,JFL,I hear your message loud and clear!So did the first response,but don,t even waste a thought on the second response.Whoever would give a reply like that,making fun of a persons plea for help,it,s almost kinda pitiful.Man,whenever I read a post like yours,it,s like goin back in time for me ,too,just as it is for many who post and read stuff here.Yea,it,s fun to drink and party everyday,for a while,then it,s like,somewhere in the confusion of the days and weks and years that blur by,you feel like you,re frozen in time,like the Bill Murray movie"Groundhog Day",where he gets up every morning and re=lives the same day,over and over,and the booze becomes medicine,you drink,not so much to feel good,but to quit feeling so bad.It begins to become difficult to live right,to keep yourself up,to stay healthy and keep your business in order,to keep relationships with people thriving,to keep up your job,does any of this sound like you?Festus
Posted by rainyday on March 25, 2004, at 10:36:02
In reply to Re: drinking everyday..., posted by Festus on March 24, 2004, at 23:37:36
I was drinking everyday for about 18 years. It was a fabulous way for me to blot out the unhappiness of my marriage. Unfortunately, after I also figured out I had depression and anxiety and was therefore being medicated for those conditions, I went on a pub crawl. The last pub I fell out of and landed on my face. My front tooth broke off at the gumline. I looked in vain for that tooth but instead found lots of little stones that looked very similar.
That was then. Now I am remarried, still getting medication but now also seeing a therapist. The drinking I HAD to stop in order to get better. I did the whole emptying all the bottles in the house, and went through physical withdrawls. Not drinking is a blessing in that it's one less thing to feel guilty about.
Don't know if this helps, but I have been there, and wanted to share my tale.
rainyday
Posted by justyourlaugh on March 25, 2004, at 11:20:55
In reply to Re: drinking everyday..., posted by rainyday on March 25, 2004, at 10:36:02
all of your posts have helped me..
i always feel so alone and your posts made it easier for me to see that i am human ..and to move on..
only i can make this change in order to feel better,
even though without alcohol i am a mess as well. atleast i wont have the "guilt of drinking"...
very good point..
jyl
Posted by Sophie33 on March 31, 2004, at 4:27:18
In reply to thanks for the posts.., posted by justyourlaugh on March 25, 2004, at 11:20:55
I've been there and decided that one day I have to stop! And I have, it's been only a few days for me-but I feel so much better-even with the mild withdrawl symtoms-
I guess everyone has to have their "turning" point-I had mine a few days ago. I was sick and tired of feeling like crap every day.
Good luck to you.
Posted by PeggyY on April 2, 2004, at 13:18:08
In reply to drinking everyday..., posted by justyourlaugh on March 24, 2004, at 11:56:43
I am bi-polar. I spent a lot of years self-medicating with alcohol. It was that constant restlessness, anxiety, unsettled feeling that drove me crazy. Alcohol worked for awile because it calmed me down. After awhile it didn't work quite so well and I found that I had to drink everyday just to feel "normal" That is how addiction works. It goes from a choice to a need. All I know is that all my resolutions to myself to "slow down" or quit never worked. Finally through a course of events including a suicide attempt I decided I needed help. I could not do it alone! I went to AA and have been there for 4 years. I have built relationships with women there who love and support me and I could never replace. Anyway, that is the only thing that worked for me.
Peggy
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