Posted by daizy on December 13, 2002, at 11:05:51
In reply to How to celebrate without drink, posted by FredPotter on December 12, 2002, at 18:01:55
> im glad you say your not mad enough to try hard drugs, from someone that has tried almost every sort of drug before now, believe me the euphoria doesnt last long enough to compensate for how bad you will feel afterwards.
. With Christmas coming I'm wondering how I'll celebrate now I've quit drinking. Yes that's correct, I want a bit of euphoria. I want to drop my guard, let my hair down. I love music, the great outdoors etc but nothing works like alcohol for that feeling of letting go. Things I've tried to unwind are kava (minimal effect and probably imaginary); pot (either no effect or frightening dissociative effect with a rolling short-term memory loss so I feel I can't remember who I am); Xanax (minimal anxiety control and no euphoria); meditation (can rarely bring euphoria but hard to predict). Obviously nothing that takes weeks to work is what I'm after. I take Pamelor and lithium anyway. I'm not mad enough to try hard drugs or E and too scared to try GHB.
>
> I suppose a dramatic conversion to Christianity might do the trick. I see them all euphoric, especially at this time of year. But that's hardly something that can be done to order. Any suggestions?
> Fred
poster:daizy
thread:131545
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021210/msgs/131652.html