Poll How Do You Self Medicate?

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Does anyone else have a substance abuse problem? "/

 

[Stickler]

Food! *belches*. My drug of choice!
I stopped drinking for a year b/c I was worrying myself...mild psychological discomfort ensued.
Eating in moderation and healthfully is a daily struggle.

 

[mrsps]

Food for me also. Killing myself with food, cant stop eating. Its ruining my life :(

 

[The ANP]

alcohol and marijuana and clicking random shit online to tune out

 

[Friday]

Other.

My first 5-7 years with PTSD... Yes. Alcohol, sex, drugs, violence/danger.
Remission.
My second 4+ years symptomatic... No. I'd already done that. I repeat enough of my life.

New adventures needed. New memories. I'm sick and damn tired of walking old roads. If I'm going to f*ck up my life? Let's at least make it interesting.

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Other - Ketamine, Base Amphetamines - LSD - MDMA - All legally available synthetic powders.

Never touched Heroin and never injected anything. I gave up all narcotics last November and have not looked back.

I now have regular meetings and sessions with my medical team and drug - alcohol liaison team.

I am still drinking ( I am diagnosed as Alcohol Dependant) but only a tenth of what I was. I no longer drink wine or spirits or high volume ciders.

 

[Ellabella44]

alcohol - have been sober for nearly two years.

 

[Mallaky]

Until two years ago it was a shitton of alcohol and gigantic amounts of cigarettes.

Luckily I managed to switch to vaping, which I really really love, and to Kratom. I have never felt better in my life. 17 months cigerette free, yey. In those 17 months I have drunken less then a few years ago I did in a month.

 

[8888]

I don't self-medicate.

 

[The ANP]

I prefer self medicating with alcohol and cannabis to the 5 medications I was offered at my last Dr. visit.

 

[Eagle3]

As stated, I use alcohol, sex, martial arts training, and food. The only one I really abuse is food. If I use the others in the proper moderate amounts, food is not such a problem. However, if my other coping mechanisms get thrown out of whack, I become a compulsive eater and can put on 20# in 2-3 weeks!

 

[Ronin]

Currently not self-medicating.

Not enough danger to work for meds, not bad enough & not immediate enough & not shiny & testing limits enough so f*ckit.

Although people close to me would say I self medicate by exercise but I don't share that opinion, for that's killing boredom and looking for coping in a more productive fashion than my typical self-medicating patterns.