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One Week Sober Today
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Well done Jadebear...keep up the great work! ((Hugs))
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Jude, I did the same thing. I had quit drinking 5 yrs. ago and then started up again.
Feel free to join me in this thread and get/stay sober with me. I could us a buddy in this. It's not even 8 in the morning and guess what I'm thinking about right now.......
Yes Jade, I totally understand. I had quit drinking for around 8 years and started up again. I know how hard it can be for someone for sure. I have tried AA, rehab once etc.....When I did stop it was on my own (with Gods help) and no groups or therapy at all.
I am now seeing a Therapist and have mixed emotions about it all. It is making everything pour out of me and is so much more intense than I have experienced.....Nightmares not sleeping, migraines, flashbacks..on and on. I just want it to stop and see that it is worse since I started in therapy.
My T said that I am not ready to quit drinking and he will not try to make me. He actually has had a similar past and came out on the other side of it (although he said ptsd is something that will be with you for life). He is working with me to slowly make positive choices and also educating me about what this is doing to me (negative side of drinking) I drink to stop the intense emotions and pain I am feeling. He understand that but asked me "How is that working for you?" He is right but I continue almost everyday in the evening to drink. I would love to have a buddy in this. I don't know how much longer my body will let me continue to drink. I already have fatty liver disease and fibromyalgia along with a lot of other things. I am going to the dr. next week to see the damage I have done to my body (per my therapist). We will see if I am strong enough to stop drinking. I think that is great that you have made the first step!!
I am now seeing a Therapist and have mixed emotions about it all. It is making everything pour out of me and is so much more intense than I have experienced.....Nightmares not sleeping, migraines, flashbacks..on and on. I just want it to stop and see that it is worse since I started in therapy.
My T said that I am not ready to quit drinking and he will not try to make me. He actually has had a similar past and came out on the other side of it (although he said ptsd is something that will be with you for life). He is working with me to slowly make positive choices and also educating me about what this is doing to me (negative side of drinking) I drink to stop the intense emotions and pain I am feeling. He understand that but asked me "How is that working for you?" He is right but I continue almost everyday in the evening to drink. I would love to have a buddy in this. I don't know how much longer my body will let me continue to drink. I already have fatty liver disease and fibromyalgia along with a lot of other things. I am going to the dr. next week to see the damage I have done to my body (per my therapist). We will see if I am strong enough to stop drinking. I think that is great that you have made the first step!!
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Jadebear and Jude,
Proud of you both! My addiction is perscription drugs....3 weeks, 2 days without using as of today! Keep patting yourselves on the back and let us do it too!
Hugs, PH
Proud of you both! My addiction is perscription drugs....3 weeks, 2 days without using as of today! Keep patting yourselves on the back and let us do it too!
Hugs, PH
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Jude...therapy is intense. Exactly what made me start drinking again. They say things get worse before they get better though, so hopefully you will feel better soon.
My T. told me drinking/trauma therapy don't mix well at all. At first I didn't believe he knew what he was talking about, but alcohol really is a depressant. It makes me feel good for a bit, but then I just end up feeling more depressed. It has made everything in my life worse.
I'm glad you're willing to be my buddy in this. You can start right now ya know......
BTW, the urge to drink passed this morning....so that's a definite plus!
My T. told me drinking/trauma therapy don't mix well at all. At first I didn't believe he knew what he was talking about, but alcohol really is a depressant. It makes me feel good for a bit, but then I just end up feeling more depressed. It has made everything in my life worse.
I'm glad you're willing to be my buddy in this. You can start right now ya know......
BTW, the urge to drink passed this morning....so that's a definite plus!
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I know that is true about the drinking/therapy not mixing. My T says I am in the "contemplating stopping drinking stage" and very close to doing it? Who knows?? I have stopped and started so many times lately that I am tired of failing. I know it is a depressant and it does send me into a more depressed place the next day especially. It is a viscious circle and I am getting really sick of it.
You hang in there and I am glad to hear the urge passed. I know from experience they usually do if you just ride it out. I am not feeling too strong lately but maybe that feeling will pass too. I think it is great that you are doing this!
You hang in there and I am glad to hear the urge passed. I know from experience they usually do if you just ride it out. I am not feeling too strong lately but maybe that feeling will pass too. I think it is great that you are doing this!
Jade you know how proud I am of you! Wow what an inspiration to others who are walking this journey. I used to be addicted to amphetamines in high school. They are uppers, but even those turn on you. After awhile I couldn't even get out of bed without taking them. Then I became parnoid. Quitting them was the best thing I ever did! I truly believe I am alive today and have a decent, if not perfect, life because I quit. For me at the time I had absolutely no support. It was just me and Jesus. That was ok because it allowed me to start over. Life truly is better without the mind altering drugs that ultimately pull us down.
Jude, Jade and Potter....I do wish you the best and am cheering you on because I know you can do it!
Jude, Jade and Potter....I do wish you the best and am cheering you on because I know you can do it!
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I made it through another weekend without drinking. So It's time to celebrate. :occasion: (just kidding)
Actually, I have a hard time on the weekends anyway. My husband works out of town every single saturday and sunday, so I'm left here by myself. I get so bored and lonesome.... which usually means party time. But not this weekend, or last weekend. I don't really know what to do with myself....
Actually, I have a hard time on the weekends anyway. My husband works out of town every single saturday and sunday, so I'm left here by myself. I get so bored and lonesome.... which usually means party time. But not this weekend, or last weekend. I don't really know what to do with myself....
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