Posted by ClearSkies on December 22, 2005, at 6:06:11
In reply to Re: alcohol/Fallsfall, posted by Voce on December 21, 2005, at 23:41:44
> There have also been posters who have taken drugs to achieve the same effect, and drugs are even more damaging than alcohol.
Hmm... I'd have to say that drugs can be equally as damaging as alcohol, but it's a false belief that they are more damaging.
I'm an alcoholic in early remission (as my therapist puts it, which makes me quite happy), and I keep quiet here when I read about alcohol use. Not because I don't want people to realize the dangers of its use, but I don't want my words to be interpreted as preaching.My alcohol use was long term and an inappropriate coping mechanism for dealing with traumas I'd experienced. I was lucky in not doing any permanent damage to myself before I stopped using it. I had become seriously dependent upon it for my daily functioning and it made me feel like dog poop every single day. It also prevented my psych meds from doing their job properly. All those warnings on the pill bottles to "don't take this medication with alcohol"? Well, I wish our doctors and pharmacists would be more assertive in telling us that chronic and heavy use of alcohol will actually keep us from getting better.
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