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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1090353 United States 01/03/2011 11:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Again, go to the doctor and get magnesium and zinc levels checked, ask a doctor about clonidine and trileptal. tell the doctor you dont want benzodiazepines because you dont want to replace one GABA agonist with another GABA agonist and get even worse. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1212241+1, excellent advice. print this off and take to your doctor. |
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K_aren
(OP) User ID: 1116698 United States 01/03/2011 11:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm in a similar situation, been using and abusing heavily every day for nearly a decade. Im 27, and it never stops it will continue for the rest of my days. I'm in AA but I think I havent given it the chance it deserves as I am still clinging to my chemical comfort.. being sober hurts. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1168719God help you bless you and keep you. I have "ruined" my life with shit related to my disease/disorder. Please if you can go all out in recovery as the way you feel in the middle of addiction is all you ever have to look forward to if you dont do something... I don't know.. good luck I hope you make it honey.. I really do. It's a fucking scourge this disease. Slap some wings on it and you've got a demon. Jesus.. Even if you have no insurance, go to the hospital. It helps, stay as long as necessary. They asked me to stay longer but I need to go to school and I felt okay enough. You can stay as long as you want if you still feel panicky. They give you meds, make a list of all the shitty things you've done, relationships you've ruined, oppertunities lost. Than withdraw next day, go through it a little while before you go to the hospital, write down how it feels and just keep doing it. Look at that anytime you want to drink again. |
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J-Rico
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1168719 United States 01/03/2011 11:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can do all kinds of things but the obsession and the "posession" that I experience drives me to use. I can't resist as I can be screaming in my head NO NO but I'm driven like a robot my brain is changed somehow into a drug seeking missile.. IT only gets worse.. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1132775 United States 01/03/2011 11:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | of course i never went through withdrawals because i never stopped drinking ;) a couple of cocktails at night.. if you get blitzed every night then good on you for curbing it back..that is no good especially when you get older. most excessive drinking is emotional, stress.. don't know your back story but best of luck to you and for heavens sake don't beat yourself up in the easing back/quitting process.. if it fucks with your life you need to get a grip the sooner the better. |
K_aren
(OP) User ID: 1116698 United States 01/03/2011 11:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're going to have to tell your boyfriend to stop drinking too. Quoting: J-RicoHe's more than happy to, and he wants to quit smoking so I said I'd do that. Unfortunately I'm going through two addictions at once =( But hey, we have alot of friends who are supporting, want to do none alcohol game nights/dinners. Movie trips, all that. =) lucky to have good friends. One of our friends came over and helped my boyfriend clean out all the empties and ash trays and get the smell out, remove any triggers... |
J-Rico
User ID: 1164537 United States 01/03/2011 11:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | most excessive drinking is emotional, stress.. Quoting: juniperodon't know your back story but best of luck to you and for heavens sake don't beat yourself up in the easing back/quitting process.. if it fucks with your life you need to get a grip the sooner the better. I'm willing a lot of it is "social drinking". I'm willing to bet she doesn't drink alone either. So she's not going to quit easily unless her friends and boyfriend quit or she replaces all of them. I've known men are much more prone to drinking "alone" than women are. If she is drinking alone, the problem might actually be a little more manageable, but if the problem is "social drinking"... she's going to have to start delivering ultimatums... first to herself and then to everyone around her. Everyone dies, but not everyone lives. :moranrico::Rico::moranrico: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1132775 United States 01/03/2011 11:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | most excessive drinking is emotional, stress.. Quoting: J-Ricodon't know your back story but best of luck to you and for heavens sake don't beat yourself up in the easing back/quitting process.. if it fucks with your life you need to get a grip the sooner the better. I'm willing a lot of it is "social drinking". I'm willing to bet she doesn't drink alone either. So she's not going to quit easily unless her friends and boyfriend quit or she replaces all of them. I've known men are much more prone to drinking "alone" than women are. If she is drinking alone, the problem might actually be a little more manageable, but if the problem is "social drinking"... she's going to have to start delivering ultimatums... first to herself and then to everyone around her. agreed..how old is the op? (late 20's?)social drinking and the whole jersey shore life is not reality. i enjoy a martini alone in the silence of a winter night .. and i can go to the bathroom all by myself when i am out with women never needed a pussy posse.. |
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K_aren
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Jeez Whatever User ID: 1064657 United States 01/04/2011 12:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Check yourself into treatment for a week. Come down with prescribed medications from your doctor. Then follow some kind of treatment. Fuck these no nothings young fucks. You will end up in the same place they are if you do not stay in some kind of long term treatment. As for those recommending drugs for the come down.......get treatment yourselves. Stay away from these freaks. The truth is that everyone wants you to be in their misery with them. Screw them. Seek Treatment. |
J-Rico
User ID: 1164537 United States 01/04/2011 06:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks guys, and yes I would drink alone and surf GLP go in GLP chat etc. Quoting: K_arenLike I said, my boyfriend is quitting as well and our friends all see I have a problem. They're excited and supportive and willing to not drink in front of me. I know that short term this is all new and exciting... but I'm gonna tell it to you like it is... Long-term, it won't be as exciting. You need to have a mindset that this is a LASTING change. Eventually once the newness of this wears off... HOPEFULLY your friends will continue that supportiveness. I've seen many a times where patterns where eventually fallen back into. Friends suddenly wanted to hang out again and called the person "boring" or would say "Liked you better when you drank". Family would urge the person to just have "one beer". Avoid these situations and avoid anyone who is willing to help you fall back off the wagon. Short-term is always exciting and has that AWESOME feeling to it... but you are going to realize in a few days that you're whole life needs to change instead of just one aspect of it. But you can do it and that's the important part... realizing that you can. And then one day, you'll realize you don't need a pussy posse to go to the bathroom... just like junipero. Everyone dies, but not everyone lives. :moranrico::Rico::moranrico: |