I've tried alcohol, prescription meds, illegal drugs, and all things in between. I learned I was a hardcore addict of the least of things and was unknowingly and repeatedly overdosing on the legal chemicals passed off to us as being nutritious and necessary. As long as I continued down that route, no amount of any of the above remedies was worth a damn, especially long term.
I used to be just a "social" drinker. Then a party animal and would drink until I blacked out. Then back to just "social" drinking. But learned my ability to socialize then became anchored in and dependent on altering my mind space. I had to prime the pump before each interaction. The "spirits" of alcohol were drowning my spirits in the worst of ways.
My greatest symptom management of all things I've been diagnosed with through the years has come with mindful consumption of all things ingested and applied to my being, be it via breathing it, eating it, drinking it, absorbing it into my skin (our largest organ), etc. Eliminating the energies attached to some of the things I used to consume did just as much wonder for me as eliminating the products themselves. Things like meat, dairy, eggs, caffeine, alcohol, artificial sweeteners/coloring/flavoring/fragrances, etc. Prior to taking that drastic step, I was in a hell of a shape, mentally and physically. I still struggle, just not nearly as severely.
