Alcohol

[CrazyHorse]

Gosh, this forum really is great! I actuallly came across it a while ago searching for alcohol and PTSD.

My trauma involved alcohol aswell. When I read your experiences with alcohol, I can relate to something in almost all of them. And did you see me running around, thinking I was the only one, and just needed to pull my s*** together....:) Thank you for sharing!!!

 

[YogiBear]

Hi Everyone,

Firstly, I'd like to say that it is very interesting reading people's posts about alcohol. Part of my early childhood abuse/neglect involved alcohol. I was given alcohol by adults in the early-1970's, etc. This is very painful, as I can recall their filling glass after glass of wine for me.

I began to drink when I was 19, but only socially. I was living in a country where it was permitted at that age.

I think if we use anything to mask our feelings, we are headed into a heap of trouble. I do drink, but only in moderation. I am a pretty big guy, but even so I limit myself to a beer or two at the most. I drink 2-3 times a week. On those rare occasions when I do drink more, I do not like how it makes me feel the following day; that feeling keeps me from drinking too much.

That being said, I have many friends who are completely abstemious. What works for one person, may not work for another.

Kind regards,
YogiBear

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I have been having cravings something fierce. But I have abstained. I want to stay quitting drinking. I like having my wits about me.

 

[Britt.f7]

I wish that drinking would bring me that buzz that it use to. Just enough where you are happy. Any drinking beyond that makes me miserable. Guess my body is now use to a couple glasses of red wine. I won't drink more to get that buzz though. Two to three glasses is my limit.

 

[carrycash]

When I drank I am laughing continuously and dancing. I know its shameful but I enjoying it..Check this link I am sure you guys enjoy it.

 

[nimkekaa]

I don't drink very often. I have this "if I feel I "need" it then I can't have it policy" To me this means if I want a drink so bad to escape then I don't. Both my parents (most aunts and uncles and paternal grandparents) were severe alcoholics. A lot of my abuse happened when they were drunk and I was drugged and raped when I was a teen. Many times I heard "I deserve a drink because...." that I can't look at a drink for that reason.

I am sooo determined to not put my children through what I went through that the guilt of drinking to numb myself far outweighs anything else. Unfortunately I sometimes hurt myself then at this point which isn't much better of a coping strategy but is one that I have been able to do in secret and I feel is less abuse to my children.

I do drink though. I will go to weddings or a couple times a year a friend of ours visits from far away and we go out to the bar and take a taxi home. I don`t drink to the point of being sick but I can get quite loaded. This doesn`t seem to bother my guilty feelings as I don`t do it in front of the kids and I make sure they are well taken care of.

Wow, a lot of thought goes into how I drink. Alcohol definitely effects me life.

I have issues with my hubby drinking also. I can`t stand beer bottles around the house and can get quite agitated if he leaves one lying around. He doesn`t drink a lot but if he has more then one in an evening for a couple nights in a row then I feel my anxiety rising. Usually he buys a case on pay day and it can last a month sometimes. He drinks more in the summer when it`s hot but definitely not a real drinker but still it can bother me. He has actually not drank at all for periods of time when it was really bothering me.

This has been interesting just thinking about how I see and feel about alcohol.