Posted by fallsfall on December 21, 2005, at 22:31:59
I don't drink. I used to drink a little. But I don't like the taste of wine or beer, and it doesn't take much to make me tipsy. Anyway, I have 3 kids and I figure that I was a bit out of control for the 27 months that I was pregnant, and that was enough out of control for me for a lifetime. So I don't drink.
I worry about some of the posters on this board, and I don't really know how to say anything about it. Probably some of what I feel is because I have my own strong opinions on my own drinking, and probably some of it is because my (ex)husband is an alcoholic, and one of my best friends is also a (recovering!) alcoholic.
But I worry when people on this board say that they are going to make things better by drinking. I worry particularly when people are depressed and try to "fix" things by drinking. Alcohol is a depressant. It makes you more depressed. So I worry about my friends.
I understand that drinking is a coping mechanism, and that there are times when we need to use even not-so-good coping mechanisms. I'm not saying that everybody should never drink. But I guess I just want to make the point that people should be aware that it isn't a completely safe coping mechanism.
I guess I'm also worried that some people might not know that it IS dangerous (particularly for people who are already depressed), and if this board never talks about how it can be dangerous, that people will think that it is harmless. So I want to go on record as saying that I believe that drinking is one of the less positive coping mechanisms.
I'm not directing this post at any person in particular. I just worry about my friends.
I hope this post came out OK...
poster:fallsfall
thread:591148
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